Science in Print
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Ever since the threads of seventeenth-century natural philosophy began to coalesce into an understanding of the natural world, printed artifacts such as laboratory notebooks, research journals, college textbooks, and popular paperbacks have been instrumental to the development of what we think of today as “science.” But just as the history of science involves more than recording discoveries, so too does the study of print culture extend beyond the mere cataloguing of books. In both disciplines,
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This insightful work explores how printed materials—from laboratory notebooks and research journals to college textbooks and popular paperbacks—have fundamentally shaped scientific development since the seventeenth century. Rima D. Apple demonstrates that science is not just a collection of discoveries but a process deeply intertwined with the physical and intellectual artifacts that record and disseminate knowledge. The book moves beyond simply cataloguing scientific publications to examine how print culture actively constructed scientific disciplines and public understanding of nature.
What makes this study compelling is its dual focus on the history of science and print culture, revealing how these fields inform each other through material texts and knowledge production. Readers interested in the sociology of science, historical epistemology, or book history will find a rich analysis of how printed objects facilitated scientific communication, education, and community formation. This is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how the very medium of print helped forge our modern conception of science itself.
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