American science in the age of Jackson /
In this first effort to define an American scientific community, originally published in 1968, George Daniels has chosen for special study the 56 scientists most published in the 16 scientific journals identified as "national" during the period 1815 to 1845. In this reprint edition, with a...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
1994
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| Series: | History of American science and technology series.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | In this first effort to define an American scientific community, originally published in 1968, George Daniels has chosen for special study the 56 scientists most published in the 16 scientific journals identified as "national" during the period 1815 to 1845. In this reprint edition, with a new preface and introduction, Daniels shows how American scientists emerged from a disorganized group of amateurs into a professional body sharing a common orientation and common goals. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: New York : Columbia University Press, 1968. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 282 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-276) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585336806 9780585336800 9780817307400 0817307400 0817384480 9780817384487 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
