Communicating Physics: The Production, Circulation, and Appropriation of Ganot's Textbooks in France and England, 1851–1887 (Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century) - Hardcover

Simon, Josep

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 082294488X ISBN 13: 9780822944881

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2011

Synopsis

The textbooks written by Adolphe Ganot (1804-1887) played a major role in shaping the way physics was taught in the nineteenth century. Ganot's books were translated from their original French into more than ten languages, including English, allowing their adoption as standard works in Britain and spreading their influence as far as North America, Australia, India and Japan. The study is novel for its international comparison of nineteenth-century physics, its acknowledgement of the role of book production on the impact of the titles and for its emphasis on the role of communication in the making of science.

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Review:

"Combining history of science, history of education, and book history, the author provides fresh perspectives on nineteenth-century physics by means of an original narrative based on a fine-grained study of the production, circulation, and appropriation of Ganot's famous textbook on physics."
--Ambix

"Simon's narrative of the development of texts aimed explicitly at physics examinations reveals important links to the medical and chemical fields."
--Victorian Studies

"Simon has provided us with a detailed and authoritative study."
--Isis

About the Author:

Josep Simon is an associate professor in history of science, technology, and medicine, at Universidad del Rosario, Colombia.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 082294488X
• ISBN 13: 9780822944881
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256