Domesticity in the Making of Modern Science
Published on 19. October 2015
Book
Hardback
XII, 299 pages
978-1-137-49272-2 (ISBN)
Description
The history of the modern sciences has long overlooked the significance of domesticity as a physical, social, and symbolic force in the shaping of knowledge production. This book provides a welcome reorientation to our understanding of the making of the modern sciences globally by emphasizing the centrality of domesticity in diverse scientific enterprises.
Reviews / Votes
"With Domesticity in the Making of Modern Science, Donald Opitz, Staffan Bergwik, and Brigitte Van Tiggelen provide an excellent and original contribution to the history of modern science. . It is composed of a general introduction, twelve chapters interspersed with good-quality illustrations, and an afterword. . It will be of interest for science and technology studies as well as anthropology, history, and social sciences." (Pierre Teissier, ISIS, Vol. 108 (4),2017)More details
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
XII, 299 p.
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
567 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-49272-2 (9781137492722)
DOI
10.1057/9781137492739
Schweitzer Classification
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Donald L. Opitz | Staffan Bergwik | Brigitte Van Tiggelen
Domesticity in the Making of Modern Science
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01/2016
Palgrave Macmillan
€117.69
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Donald L. Opitz | Staffan Bergwik | Brigitte Van Tiggelen
Domesticity in the Making of Modern Science
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01/2014
Palgrave Macmillan
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Persons
Donald L. Opitz is Associate Professor of the School for New Learning and Affiliated Scholar of History at DePaul University, USA.
Staffan Bergwik is Associate Professor of History of Science and Ideas and Senior Lecturer of Literature and History of Ideas at Stockholm University, Sweden.
Brigitte Van Tiggelen is Director of European Operations of the Chemical Heritage Foundation, USA, and a member of the Centre de Recherche en Histoire des Sciences at the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
Staffan Bergwik is Associate Professor of History of Science and Ideas and Senior Lecturer of Literature and History of Ideas at Stockholm University, Sweden.
Brigitte Van Tiggelen is Director of European Operations of the Chemical Heritage Foundation, USA, and a member of the Centre de Recherche en Histoire des Sciences at the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
Content
Introduction: Domesticity and the Historiography of Science; Donald L. Opitz, Staffan Bergwik, and Brigitte Van Tiggelen 1. Botanizing at Badminton House: The Botanical Pursuits of Mary Somerset, first Duchess of Beaufort; Julie Davies 2. Gender and Space in Enlightenment Science: Madame Dupiery's Scientific Work and Network; Isabelle Lemonon, translated by Laurent Damesin 3. Darwin's Home of Science and the Nature of Domesticity; Paul White 4. The Tensions of Homemade Science in the Work of Henderina Scott and Hertha Ayrton; Claire G. Jones 5. 'My daughters of Ceres': Domestications of Agricultural Science Education for Women; Donald L. Opitz 6. Gender and the Domestication of Wireless Technology in 1920s Pulp Fiction; Katy Price 7. Contemporary Homemade Meteorological Science: Co-constructing the Home and Weather-Climate Knowledge in the UK; Carol Morris and Georgina Endfield 8. Merchants, Scientists, and Artists: Scientific Families and Scientific Practice in Nineteenth Century Greece; Konstantinos Tampakis and George Vlahakis 9. Father, Son, and the Entrepreneurial Spirit: Otto Pettersson, Hans Pettersson, and the Early Twentieth-Century Inheritance of Oceanography; Staffan Bergwik 10. The Laboratory Society: Science and the Family in Sweden, c. 1900-1950; Sven Widmalm 11. Research Cooperation, Learning Processes, and Trust among Plant Scientists: Fictive Kinship, Academic Mobility, and Scientists' Careers; Helena Pettersson 12. 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam': The Family in the Knowledge Economy; Aalok Khandekar 13. Afterword: Science and the Domestic Sphere in the Longue Duree; Alix Cooper