Introduction. "A Vast Ocean of Books" -- Authorial Attitudes toward Print -- "To the Unprejudiced Reader": The Rhetoric of Prefaces in Early Modern Science -- The Controlled Distribution of Scientific Works -- "A True and Ingenious Discovery": New Print Technologies and the Sciences -- Silent Midwives: The Role of Editors in Early Modern Science.
Summary:
"The author explains that scientists had many concerns about putting their work into print when the printing press made that possible. This book explores both their attitudes and their strategies for navigating the publishing world"-- Provided by publisher.
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