History of Scholarly Societies: Ornstein on 17th Century Scientific Societies

Ornstein on 17th Century Scientific Societies

Ornstein, Martha.
Rôle of Scientific Societies in the Seventeenth Century. University of Chicago, 1928 and 1938. Reprint edition: Archon Books, Hamden & London: 1963. xviii, 308 p.

A virtually unchanged reprint of Ornstein's 1913 doctoral dissertation, this is the classic study of the beginnings of scientific societies in Western Europe.

Contents

Chapter Title Pages
I
General Scientific Advance in the Seventeenth Century 3 - 20

II
Rôle of Individual Scientists 21 - 69

III
Italian Scientific Societies

The Accademia dei Lincei
The Accademia del Cimento
73 - 90

IV
The Royal Society 91 - 138

V
The Académie des Sciences 139 - 164

VI
German Scientific Societies

Societas Ereunetica
The Collegium Naturae Curiosum [the more usual word is Curiosorum]
The Collegium Curiosum sive Experimentale
Leibniz and the Berlin Academy
165 - 197

VII
The Scientific Journals 198 - 209

VIII
Science in the Universities 213 - 256

Ornstein on 17th Century Scientific Societies
Ornstein, Martha. Rôle of Scientific Societies in the Seventeenth Century. University of Chicago, 1928 and 1938. Reprint edition: Archon Books, Hamden & London: 1963. xviii, 308 p.
A virtually unchanged reprint of Ornstein's 1913 doctoral dissertation, this is the classic study of the beginnings of scientific societies in Western Europe.
Contents
Chapter	Title	Pages
I	General Scientific Advance in the Seventeenth Century	*3 - 20*
II	Rôle of Individual Scientists	*21 - 69*
III	Italian Scientific Societies The Accademia dei Lincei The Accademia del Cimento	*73 - 90*
IV	The Royal Society	*91 - 138*
V	The Académie des Sciences	*139 - 164*
VI	German Scientific Societies Societas Ereunetica The Collegium Naturae Curiosum [the more usual word is Curiosorum] The Collegium Curiosum sive Experimentale Leibniz and the Berlin Academy	*165 - 197*
VII	The Scientific Journals	*198 - 209*
VIII	Science in the Universities	*213 - 256*