Thrifty science : making the most of materials in the history of experiment /
If the twentieth century saw the rise of "Big Science," then the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were surely an age of thrift. As Simon Werrett's new history shows, frugal early modern experimenters transformed their homes into laboratories as they recycled, repurposed, repaired,...
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Chicago :
The University of Chicago Press,
2019
Chicago ; London : 2019 |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Thrifty science: oeconomy and experiment
- Making a home for experiment
- Shifty science: how to make use of things
- The power of lasting: maintenance and cleaning
- The broken world: repairs and recycling
- Secondhand science
- Auctions and the dismantling of science
- The palatial laboratory: economy and experiment
- Conclusion