Domesticity in the Making of Modern Science

Author:   Donald L. Opitz ,  Staffan Bergwik ,  Brigitte Van Tiggelen
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
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9781137492722


Pages:   299
Publication Date:   19 October 2015
Format:   Hardback
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The history of the modern sciences has long overlooked the significance of domesticity as a physical, social, and symbolic force in the shaping of knowledge production. This book provides a welcome reorientation to our understanding of the making of the modern sciences globally by emphasizing the centrality of domesticity in diverse scientific enterprises.

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Author:   Donald L. Opitz ,  Staffan Bergwik ,  Brigitte Van Tiggelen
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   4.925kg
ISBN:  

9781137492722


ISBN 10:   1137492724
Pages:   299
Publication Date:   19 October 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Domesticity and the Historiography of Science; Donald L. Opitz, Staffan Bergwik, and Brigitte Van Tiggelen 1. Botanizing at Badminton House: The Botanical Pursuits of Mary Somerset, first Duchess of Beaufort; Julie Davies 2. Gender and Space in Enlightenment Science: Madame Dupiery's Scientific Work and Network; Isabelle Lemonon, translated by Laurent Damesin 3. Darwin's Home of Science and the Nature of Domesticity; Paul White 4. The Tensions of Homemade Science in the Work of Henderina Scott and Hertha Ayrton; Claire G. Jones 5. 'My daughters of Ceres': Domestications of Agricultural Science Education for Women; Donald L. Opitz 6. Gender and the Domestication of Wireless Technology in 1920s Pulp Fiction; Katy Price 7. Contemporary Homemade Meteorological Science: Co-constructing the Home and Weather-Climate Knowledge in the UK; Carol Morris and Georgina Endfield 8. Merchants, Scientists, and Artists: Scientific Families and Scientific Practice in Nineteenth Century Greece; Konstantinos Tampakis and George Vlahakis 9. Father, Son, and the Entrepreneurial Spirit: Otto Pettersson, Hans Pettersson, and the Early Twentieth-Century Inheritance of Oceanography; Staffan Bergwik 10. The Laboratory Society: Science and the Family in Sweden, c. 1900-1950; Sven Widmalm 11. Research Cooperation, Learning Processes, and Trust among Plant Scientists: Fictive Kinship, Academic Mobility, and Scientists' Careers; Helena Pettersson 12. 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam': The Family in the Knowledge Economy; Aalok Khandekar 13. Afterword: Science and the Domestic Sphere in the Longue Duree; Alix Cooper

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With Domesticity in the Making of Modern Science, Donald Opitz, Staffan Bergwik, and Brigitte Van Tiggelen provide an excellent and original contribution to the history of modern science. ... It is composed of a general introduction, twelve chapters interspersed with good-quality illustrations, and an afterword. ... It will be of interest for science and technology studies as well as anthropology, history, and social sciences. (Pierre Teissier, ISIS, Vol. 108 (4), 2017)


“With Domesticity in the Making of Modern Science, Donald Opitz, Staffan Bergwik, and Brigitte Van Tiggelen provide an excellent and original contribution to the history of modern science. … It is composed of a general introduction, twelve chapters interspersed with good-quality illustrations, and an afterword. … It will be of interest for science and technology studies as well as anthropology, history, and social sciences.” (Pierre Teissier, ISIS, Vol. 108 (4),2017)


Author Information

Donald L. Opitz is Associate Professor of the School for New Learning and Affiliated Scholar of History at DePaul University, USA. Staffan Bergwik is Associate Professor of History of Science and Ideas and Senior Lecturer of Literature and History of Ideas at Stockholm University, Sweden. Brigitte Van Tiggelen is Director of European Operations of the Chemical Heritage Foundation, USA, and a member of the Centre de Recherche en Histoire des Sciences at the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium.

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