Institutions and Societies for Teaching, Research and Popularisation: Proceedings of the XXth International Congress of History of Science (Liège, 20-26 July 1997) Vol. XIX (de Diversis Artibus) - Softcover

Despy-Meyer, Andrée

 
9782503514130: Institutions and Societies for Teaching, Research and Popularisation: Proceedings of the XXth International Congress of History of Science (Liège, 20-26 July 1997) Vol. XIX (de Diversis Artibus)

Synopsis

This volume is devoted to scientific institutions from the 17th to the 20thcentury. It consists of three parts: the first deals with teaching andresearch institutions (universities, technical schools, foundations); the second is about scholarly societies (academies, amateur societies, industrialsocieties); the last deals with scientific popularisation initiatives, notably those of newspapers. Several papers concern the role of women in scientific communities

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