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Making nature : the history of a scientific journal
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ISBN: 9780226261454 022626145X Year: 2015 Publisher: Chicago University of Chicago press

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Outside back cover : "Making 'Nature' is the first book to chronicle the foundation and development of Nature, one of the world's most influential scientific institutions. Now nearing its hundred and fiftieth year of publication, Nature is the international benchmark for scientific publication. Its contributors include Charles Darwin, Ernest Rutherford, and Stephen Hawking, and it has published many of the most important discoveries in the history of science, including articles on the structure of DNA, the discovery of the neutron, the first cloning of a mammal, and the human genome. But how did Nature become such an essential institution? In Making 'Nature, ' Melinda Baldwin charts the rich history of this extraordinary publication from its foundation in 1869 to current debates about online publishing and open access. This pioneering study not only tells Nature's story but also sheds light on much larger questions about the history of science publishing, changes in scientific communication, and shifting notions of 'scientific community.' Nature, as Baldwin demonstrates, helped define what science is and what it means to be a scientist."--Publisher

A century of nature
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ISBN: 1282538020 9786612538025 0226284166 9780226284163 0226284131 0226284158 9780226284156 9780226284132 0226284131 9780226284132 Year: 2003 Publisher: Chicago University of Chicago Press

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Many of the scientific breakthroughs of the twentieth century were first reported in the journal Nature. A Century of Nature brings together in one volume Nature's greatest hits-reproductions of seminal contributions that changed science and the world, accompanied by essays written by leading scientists (including four Nobel laureates) that provide historical context for each article, explain its insights in graceful, accessible prose, and celebrate the serendipity of discovery and the rewards of searching for needles in haystacks.

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