Book ID: 21351
McClellan III,James E.
Science Recognized.Scientific Societies in the Eighteenth Century.1985.XXIX,413 p.gr8vo.Cloth.
Contents(partly): Introduction: Organized Science and Its Eighteenth-Century Contexts/ The Age of Scientific Societies: A Taxonomy/ Origins:Scientific Societies in the Seventeenth Century/ The Scientific SocietyMovement to 1750/ The Scientific Society Movement: 1750 to 1793/ TheCommunications Network of the Scientific Societies/ A Record ofCommon Endeavors/ Scientific Societies and the Making of the Scientist/Epilogue: The End of an Era/ Appendixes (Official Scientific Societies:1660-1793/ Notable Private and Semi-Private Societies: 1660-1793)/Notes/ Bibliography/ Index.