Document Type
Catalog
Publication Date
1-2008
Abstract
This catalog accompanied the exhibit of documents which focus on 400 years of scholarly communication, showing how scientists have used print culture to document their activities, disseminate information, and share discoveries. The increasing professionalization of science can be seen in examples of publishing from the early 16th century to the present day. In the late medieval and early modem periods, science and the dissemination of scientific research was generally an informal, gentlemanly pursuit. In the 18th and 19th centuries, it changed into an increasingly rigorous and organized practice, with growing standards for verification, inclusion, and publication.
Recommended Citation
University of South Carolina, "University of South Carolina Libraries - Scholarly Communication in the Sciences, from Tycho Brahe to the CDC, January 2008". http://scholarcommons.sc.edu/rbsc_pubs/31/
Comments
The exhibit accompanied by this catalog was mounted to show how scientists have, over the years, used print culture to document their activities, disseminate information, and share discoveries, and to show how scientific research has become more rigorous, with growing standards for verification and publication.