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Inspired by the American Philosophical Society’s digitization of Benjamin Franklin’s postal records and by its involvement in “The Cybernetics Thought Collective: A History of Science and Technology Portal Project,” this book is based on a symposium that considered the different ways that social, scientific, and intellectual networks have influenced the pursuit of “useful knowledge.” The symposium was held in Benjamin Franklin Hall in Philadelphia on June 6-7, 2019. Illus.
Price: $45.00
Pages: 122
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Imprint: The American Philosophical Society Press
Series: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
Publication Date:
01 January 2022
Trim Size: 10.00 X 7.00 in
ISBN: 9781606181140
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
SCIENCE / History
Contributors
Librarian's Note
1. Plagiarism as Dialogue: George Chalmers, William Robertson, and John Marshall's Life of George Washington
2. Reproducing Rotifers: "Working Images" and the Making of a Microscopy Community in the Nineteenth Century
3. Benjamin Smith Barton's Natural History Network: Local Knowledge and Atlantic Community
4. Planting the Seeds of Empire: Botanical Gardens and Correspondence Networks in Antebellum America
5. Science, Skepticism, and Societies: The Policies of Knowledge Creation in the Early Republic
Index