Article ID: CBB001231881

A Tale of Two Textbooks: Experiments in Genre (2012)

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Kaiser, David Isaac (Author)


Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Volume: 103
Pages: 126--138


Publication Date: 2012
Edition Details: Part of a special focus section on scientific textbooks
Language: English

Description A comparison of two physics textbooks from the 1970s.


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Article Vicedo, Marga (2012) Introduction: The Secret Lives of Textbooks. Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 83). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Skordoulis, Constantine D.
Simon, Josep
Akbaş, Meltem
Behrman, Joanna
Green, Lisa Anne
Wang, Guangchao
Journals
Science and Education
Osmanli Bilimi Arastirmalari: Studies in Ottoman Science
Physics in Perspective
Llull: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Técnicas
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
History of Science
Publishers
University of California, Riverside
Ball State University
University of Pittsburgh Press
Springer
Routledge
University of South Florida
Concepts
Textbooks
Science education and teaching
Physics
Mechanics
Chemistry
Science and war; science and the military
People
Müller, Hermann Joseph
Mahmud II, Sultan of the Turks
Harlow, Harry Frederick
Glass, Bentley
Ganot, Pierre Benjamin Adolphe
Euler, Johann Albrecht
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, late
20th century
18th century
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
21st century
Places
Turkey
France
United States
Spain
China
Ottoman Empire
Institutions
Yenching University (Beijing, China)
Mekteb-i Harbiye (War school) (Istanbul, Turkey)
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