Book ID: CBB000074651

The microscope in the Dutch Republic: The shaping of discovery (1996)

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Ruestow, Edward G. (Author)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 1996
Physical Details: xii + 348 pp.; illus.; notes; bibl.; index

Description Centers on the work of Swammerdam and Leeuwenhoek.


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Review Hull, D. (1997) Review of "The microscope in the Dutch Republic: The shaping of discovery". Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science (pp. 339-40). unapi

Review Roberts, L. (1997) Review of "The microscope in the Dutch Republic: The shaping of discovery". Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences (pp. 383-84). unapi

Review Ford, B.J. (1997) Review of "The microscope in the Dutch Republic: The shaping of discovery". History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences (pp. 445-46). unapi

Review Bennett, J.A. (1998) Review of "The microscope in the Dutch Republic: The shaping of discovery". Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy (pp. 84-85). unapi

Review Cook, H.J. (1997) Review of "The microscope in the Dutch Republic: The shaping of discovery". Journal of Interdisciplinary History (pp. 296-97). unapi

Review Smith, P.H. (1998) Review of "The microscope in the Dutch Republic: The shaping of discovery". Technology and Culture (pp. 762-64). unapi

Review Chapman, A. (1998) Review of "The microscope in the Dutch Republic: The shaping of discovery". Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science (p. 175). unapi

Review Turner, G. L'E. (1997) Review of "The microscope in the Dutch Republic: The shaping of discovery". Nature (p. 141). unapi

Review Rasmussen, N. (1997) Review of "The microscope in the Dutch Republic: The shaping of discovery". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (pp. 221-23). unapi

Review Dear, P. (1997) Review of "The microscope in the Dutch Republic: The shaping of discovery". American Scientist (pp. 395-96). unapi

Review Hackmann, W.D. (1998) Review of "The microscope in the Dutch Republic: The shaping of discovery". Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (pp. 435-36). unapi

Review Wilson, C. (1998) Review of "The microscope in the Dutch Republic: The shaping of discovery". American Historical Review (pp. 875-77). unapi

Review Ford, B.J. (1997) Review of "The microscope in the Dutch Republic: The shaping of discovery". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 540-41). unapi

Review Kallinen, M. (1997) Review of "The microscope in the Dutch Republic: The shaping of discovery". Lychnos (pp. 339-40). unapi

Review Yoder, J.G. (1998) Review of "The microscope in the Dutch Republic: The shaping of discovery". Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period (pp. 253-57). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Jorink, Eric
Zuidervaart, Huib J.
Joop van Doorn
Willem Reijnders
Henk Smit
Jantien Backer
Concepts
Microscopes
Insects
Microscopy
Visual representation; visual communication
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Optics
Time Periods
17th century
18th century
20th century
19th century
16th century
Places
Netherlands
Delft (Netherlands)
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Italy
British Isles
Institutions
Royal Society of London
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