Science Periodicals in Nineteenth-Century Britain

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EDITED BY GOWAN DAWSON, BERNARD LIGHTMAN, SALLY SHUTTLEWORTH, AND JONATHAN R. TOPHAM

The essays in this volume set the historical exploration of the scientific and medical periodicals of the era on a new footing, examining their precise function and role in the making of nineteenth-century science and enhancing our vision of the shifting communities and practices of science in the period. This radical rethinking of the scientific journal offers a new approach to the reconfiguration of the sciences in nineteenth-century Britain and sheds instructive light on contemporary debates about the purpose, practices, and price of scientific journals.

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