A companion to the history of science

Content: Historiography of the history of science / Lynn Nyhart --
Learned man and woman in antiquity and the Middle Ages / Nathan Sidoli --
Go-betweens, travelers, and cultural translators / Kapil Raj --
The alchemist / Tara Nummedal --
The natural philosopher / Peter Dear --
The natural historian / Kristin Johnson --
Invisible technicians, instrument makers, and artisans / Iwan Rhys Morus --
Scientific illustrators / Valérie Chansigaud --
The human experimental subject / Anita Guerrini --
Amateurs / Katherine Pandora --
The man of science / Paul White --
The professional scientist / Cyrus C. M. Mody --
The medieval university / Steven J. Livesey --
The observatory / Robert W. Smith --
The court / Bruce T. Moran --
Academies and societies / Denise Phillips --
Museums and botanical gardens / Lukas Rieppel --
Domestic space / Donald L. Opitz --
Commercial science / Paul Lucier --
The field / Robert Kohler and Jeremy Vetter --
The laboratory / Catherine M. Jackson --
Modern school and university / Heike Jens --
Manuscripts / Joyce van Leeuwen --
The printing press / Nick Wilding --
Correspondence networks / Brian Ogilvie --
Translations / Marwa Elshakry and Carla Nappi --
Journals and periodicals / Aileen Fyfe --
Textbooks / Josep Simon --
Lectures / Diarmid A. Finnegan --
Film, radio, and television / David A. Kirby --
Timing devices / Rory McEvoy --
Weights and measures / Hector Vera --
Calculating devices and computers / Matthew L. Jones --
Specimens and collections / Mary E. Sunderland --
Recording devices / Jimena Canales --
Microscopes / Boris Jardine --
Telescopes / Jim Bennett --
Prisms, spectroscopes, spectrographs, and gratings / Klaus Hentschel --
Diagrams / Charlotte Bigg --
Three dimensional models / Joshua Nall and Liba Taub.