Scientific Communication in History

Contents: Introduction: Science in History The Earlier Civilizations (to about 600 B.C.) The Rise of Civilization Mesopotamian Culture Egypt, Persia and Phoenicia Classical Culture (600 B.C. to A.D. 500) The Emergence of Greece Education, the Academy and the Lyceum Collections of Documents Alexandria and Pergamum The Roman World Books and Libraries Encyclopedists The End of the Western Empire The Medieval Period (500-1450) Transmission of Classical Knowledge The Eastern Empire Transmission into Arabic Centers of Arab Scholarship The Barbarian West Christianity and Classical Culture Craft Knowledge Contacts with the Arabs Sicily Spain Transmission into Latin Completed Encyclopedists and Commentators Medieval Universities Books and Libraries Development of European Languages Humanism Literacy and Book Production Origin and Spread of Printing Fifteenth-Century Books The Scientific Revolution (1450-1700) The Renaissance The Intelligencers The First Scientific Academies The Royal Society European Academies The Development of Journals The Progress of Libraries Europe and the World The Eighteenth Century The Burgeoning of Societies Museums of Natural History Specialized Journals The Progress of Bibliography Technical Terminology The Language of Botany The Linnean System Knowledge of Substances The Chemical Revolution Early Science in North America.