Illuminating Instruments (Artefacts: Studies in the History of Science and Technology)

Peter J.T. Morris

ISBN 10: 0978846036 / ISBN 13: 9780978846039

Published by Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2009

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Cloth, d.j. Some shelf-wear. Else clean copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Illuminating Instruments (Artefacts: Studies in the History of Science and Technology)
• Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0978846036
• ISBN 13: 9780978846039
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Used-Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Technology

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Synopsis

This 7th volume in the Artefacts series_a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution, the Deutches Museum, and the London Science Museum_looks at a number of significant instruments that were created to serve various scientific purposes. The contributors examine the roles these instruments played both as scientific devices developed to advance our knowledge of the world and as cultural artifacts manufactured and used in specific settings.

About the Author

Peter Morris is Principal Curator of Science at the Science Museum in London. Klaus Staubermann is Principal Curator of Technology, Department of Science and Technology at the National Museums Scotland.