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Does Distance Tyrannize Science?.- Tyrannies of Distance in British
Science.- Dr George Bennett and Sir Richard Owen: A Case Study of
the Colonization of Early Australian Science.- A Far Frontier:
British Geological Research in Australia during the Nineteenth
Century.- A Collaborative Dimension of the European Empires:
Australian and French Acclimatization Societies and Intercolonial
Scientific Co-operation.- International Exchange in the Natural
History Enterprise: Museums in Australia and the United States.- A
World-wide Scientific Network and Patronage System: Australian and
Other 'Colonial' Fellows of the Royal Society of London.-
Ionospheric and Radio Physics in Australian Science since the Early
Days.- Theories of the Earth as Seen from Below.- Geographic
Isolation and the Origin of Species: The Migrations of Michael
White.- Antipodal Fire: Bushfire Research in Australia and
America.- Notes on Contributors.
At the beginning of the 18th century there was no science of
physics as we recognise it today; by the early years of the
nineteenth century, there was. The articles in this volume are
concerned with the process by which this came about. They focus, in
particular, on the rise of experimental physics and the
interactions between experiment, theory and mathematics in the
study of electricity and, to a lesser extent, magnetism and
physical optics during this period. Along the way, they provide a
significant reassessment of Isaac Newton's influence on the science
of his successors. A further recurring theme is the process by
which ideas were disseminated within the expanding scientific
community of the day, and the manner of their reception, often in a
form somewhat different from that envisaged by their first
inventors, as Professor Home argues took place in the case of
Franklin. The social and intellectual context of the 'scientist',
indeed, is the specific subject of several essays, dealing not only
with England and France, but also offering new insights into the
position of science in 18th-century Russia. Au debut du 18e s., la
science physique telle que nous l'entendons de nos jours,
n'existait pas; des les premieres annees du 19e s., cela n'etait
plus le cas. Les articles contenus dans ce volume s'interessent au
procede qui a provoque ce changement. Ils s'attachent plus
particulierement A la montee de la physique experimentale et A
l'interaction entre experience, theorie et mathematiques en ce qui
concerne l'etude de l'electricite et, dans une moindre mesure,
celle du magnetisme et de l'optique physique durant cette periode.
Ce faisant, les etudes fournissent une re-evaluation significative
de l'influence d'Isaac Newton sur la science de ses successeurs. Un
autre theme est celui du processus par lequel les idees etaient
disseminees A l'epoque au sein d'une communaute scientifique en
pleine expans
The institutionalization of History and Philosophy of Science as a
distinct field of scholarly endeavour began comparatively early -
though not always under that name - in the Australasian region. An
initial lecturing appointment was made at the University of
Melbourne immediately after the Second World War, in 1946, and
other appointments followed as the subject underwent an expansion
during the 1950s and 1960s similar to that which took place in
other parts of the world. Today there are major Departments at the
University of Melbourne, the University of New South Wales and the
University of Wollongong, and smaller groups active in many other
parts of Australia and in New Zealand. 'Australasian Studies in
History and Philosophy of Science' aims to provide a distinctive
publication outlet for Australian and New Zealand scholars working
in the general area of history, philosophy and social studies of
science. Each volume comprises a group of essays on a connected
theme, edited by an Australian or a New Zealander with special
expertise in that particular area. Papers address general issues,
however, rather than local ones; parochial topics are avoided.
Further more, though in each volume a majority of the contributors
is from Australia or New Zealand, contributions from elsewhere are
by no means ruled out. Quite the reverse, in fact - they are
actively encouraged wherever appropriate to the balance of the
volume in question."
Only in fairly recent years has History and Philosophy of Science
been recognized - though not always under that name - as a distinct
field of scholarly endeavour. Previously, in the Australasian
region as elsewhere, those few individuals working within this
broad area of inquiry found their base, both intellectually and
socially, where they could. In fact, the institutionali zation of
History and Philosophy of Science began comparatively early in
Australia. An initial lecturing appointment was made at the
University of Melbourne immediately after the Second World War, in
1946, and other appointments followed as the subject underwent an
expansion during the 1950s and '60s similar to that which took
place in other parts of the world. Today there are major
Departments at the University of Melbourne, the University of New
South Wales and the University of Wollongong, and smaller groups
active in many other parts of Australia, and in New Zealand."
Only in fairly recent years has History and Philosophy of Science
been recognized - though not always under that name - as a distinct
field of scholarly endeavour. Previously, in the Australasian
region as elsewhere, those few individuals working within this
broad area of inquiry found their base, both intellectually and
socially, where they could. In fact, the institutionali zation of
History and Philosophy of Science began comparatively early in
Australia. An initial lecturing appointment was made at the
University of Melbourne immediately after the Second World War, in
1946, and other appointments followed as the subject underwent an
expansion during the 1950s and '60s similar to that which took
place in other parts of the world. Today there are major
Departments at the University of Melbourne, the University of New
South Wales and the University of Wollongong, and smaller groups
active in many other parts of Australia, and in New Zealand."
This is the third and final volume of Mueller's selected
correspondence. It covers the last two decades of his life--his
most productive period from a scientific point of view--including
his work as Government Botanist of Victoria; his multifarious
contributions to taxonomy, biogeography and economic botany; his
engagement with the exploration of inland Australia, New Guinea and
Antarctica; his manifold links with international science; and his
evolving personal circumstances as one of the leading citizens of
his adopted country. This volume contains a substantial historical
introduction, and a further extension of the editorial apparatus
developed in previous volumes.
Life and Letters of Ferdinand von Mueller comprises three volumes
of selected correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller and a new
scholarly biography of the noted German-Australian botanist, and
first Director of Melbourne's famed Botanic Gardens. A CD-ROM
carrying von Mueller's complete surviving correspondence is
included in the package. There is a subscription price for the
complete edition (4 volumes and searchable CD-ROM) valid until
publication of all four volumes.
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