Science in the Archives
Pasts, Presents, Futures
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Word Count
98,000 words, Guess
Page Count
392 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- ISBN-10022643236X
- ISBN-139780226432366
- Library of Congress Control Number2016028698
- OCLC Control Number952567204
- Better World Books9780226432366
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL27418691M
Classifications
- LCCQ224.S35 2017
- LCCQ224 .S35 2017
Description
Archives bring to mind rooms filled with old papers and dusty artifacts. But for scientists, the detritus of the past can be a treasure trove of material vital to present and future research: fossils collected by geologists; data banks assembled by geneticists; case histories published in medical journals; weather diaries and data silos trawled by climate scientists; libraries visited by historians. These are the vital collections, assembled and maintained over millennia, which define the sciences of the archives. With 'Science in the Archives', Lorraine Daston offers the first study of the important role that these archives play in the natural and human sciences. Ranging across disciplines and centuries, contributors cover episodes in the history of astronomy, geology, genetics, philology, climatology, medicine, and more - as well as fundamental practices such as collecting, retrieval, and data mining. Chapters cover topics ranging from doxology in Greco-Roman antiquity to NSA surveillance techniques of the twenty-first century. Thoroughly exploring the practices, politics, economics, and potential of the sciences of the archives, this volume reveals the essential historical dimension of the sciences, while also adding a much-needed long term perspective to contemporary debates over the uses of Big Data in science.
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