Notebooks, English virtuosi, and early modern science / Richard Yeo.

  • Yeo, Richard R., 1948-
Date:
2014
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.

Physical description

xviii, 398 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-369) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Capacious memory and copious notebooks -- Information and empirical sensibility -- Taking notes in Samuel Hartlib's circle -- Rival memories : John Beale and Robert Boyle on empirical information -- Robert Boyle's loose notes -- John Locke, master note-taker -- Collective note-taking and Robert Hooke's dynamic archive -- Conclusion.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    AB.41.AA6
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  • 9780226106564
  • 022610656X