Shortland, Michael (Editor)
Yeo, Richard R. (Editor)
Cambridge University Press
Physical Details: xi + 295 pp.; notes; index
Description Contents: Shortland, Michael, Yeo, Richard: Introduction. Söderqvist, Thomas: Existential projects and existential choice in science: Science biography as an edifying genre. Outram, Dorinda: Life-paths: Autobiography, science, and the French Revolution. Knight, David: From science to wisdom: Humphry Davy's life. Hunter, Michael: Robert Boyle and the dilemma of biography in the age of the Scientific Revolution. Yeo, Richard: Alphabetical lives: Scientific biography in historical dictionaries and encyclopaedias. Cantor, Geoffrey: The scientist as hero: Public images of Michael Faraday. Vicinus, Martha: “Tactful organising and executive power”: Biographies of Florence Nightingale for girls. Porter, Roy: Taking histories, medical lives: Thomas Beddoes and biography. Gascoigne, John: The scientist as patron and patriotic symbol: The changing reputation of Sir Joseph Banks. Moore, James: Metabiographical reflections on Charles Darwin.
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