History and Poetics of Scientific Biography (häftad)
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Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
286
Utgivningsdatum
2007-05-22
Förlag
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dimensioner
240 x 160 x 20 mm
Vikt
560 g
ISBN
9780754651819

History and Poetics of Scientific Biography

av Thomas Söderqvist, Thomas Soderqvist
Inbunden,  Engelska, 2007-05-22
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Biographies of scientists carry an increasingly prominent role in today's publishing climate. Traditional historical and sociological accounts of science are complemented by narratives that emphasize the importance of the scientific subject in the production of science. Not least is the realization that the role of science in culture is much more accessible when presented through the lives of its practitioners. Taken as a genre, such biographies play an important role in the public understanding of science. In recent years there has been an increasing number of monographs and collections about biography in general and literary biography in particular. However, biographies of scientists, engineers and medical doctors have rarely been the topic of scholarly inquiry. As such this volume of essays will be welcomed by those interested in the genre of science biography, and who wish to re-examine its history, foundational problems and theoretical implications. Borrowing approaches and methods from cultural studies and the history, philosophy and sociology of science, the contributions cover a broad range of subjects, periods and locations. By presenting such a rich diversity of essays, the volume is able to chart the reoccurring conceptual problems and devices that have influenced scientific biographies from classical antiquity to the present day. In so doing it provides a compelling overview of the history of the genre, suggesting that the different valuations given scientific biography over time have been largely fuelled by vested professional interests.
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Thomas Söderqvist is Professor for History of Medicine and Director of Medical Museion at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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