Notebooks, English virtuosi, and early modern science
In Notebooks, English Virtuosi, and Early Modern Science, Richard Yeo interprets a relatively unexplored set of primary archival sources: the notes and notebooks of some of the leading figures of the Scientific Revolution. Notebooks were important to several key members of the Royal Society of Londo...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago ; London :
The University of Chicago Press
2014.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39939777*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Capacious memory and copious notebooks
- Information and empirical sensibility
- Taking notes in Samuel Hartlib's circle
- Rival memories: John Beale and Robert Boyle on empirical information
- Robert Boyle's loose notes
- John Locke, master note-taker
- Collective note-taking and Robert Hooke's dynamic archive
- Conclusion.
