Establishing the new science : the experience of the early Royal Society

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Establishing the new science : the experience of the early Royal Society

Michael Hunter

Boydell Press , Boydell & Brewer, 1989

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For anyone interested in the scientific revolution these essays are compulsory reading. HISTORY A fresh view of the formative years of the Royal Society. `Hunter's reputation as one of the foremost students of Restoration science in England can only be further enhanced by this volume.' NATURE `For anyone interested in the scientific revolution these essays are compulsory reading. Elegantly written and carefully researched, they are a welcome addition to the already extensive literature on the early years of the Royal Society.'HISTORY In a series of detailed case studies, Michael Hunterpresents a fresh view of the formative years of Britain's oldest scientific institution; The Royal Society of London, founded in 1660.

Table of Contents

  • Latitudinarianism and the "ideology" of the early Royal Society - Thomas Sprat's "History of the Royal Society"(1667) reconsidered
  • an experiment in corporate enterprise - the Royal Society's Committees of 1663-5, with a transcript of the surviving minutes of their meetings
  • between cabinet of curiosities and research collection - the history of the Royal Society's repository
  • a college for the Royal Society - the abortive plan of 1667-1668
  • towards Solomon's House - rival strategies for reforming the early Royal Society
  • promoting the new science - Henry Oldenburg and the early Royal Society
  • early problems in professionalizing scientific research - Nehemiah Grew and the Royal Society, with an unpublished letter to Henry Oldenburg
  • science, technology and patronage - Robert Hooke and the Cutlerian lectureship. Appendix: Reconstructing restoration science - problems and pitfalls in institutional history. Bibliographical essay: recent studies of the early Royal Society and its milieu.

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