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Jeremiah Joyce: science educationist.

John R Issitt1

  • 1j.r.issitt@open.ac.uk

Endeavour
|October 9, 2002
PubMed
Summary

This article explores 19th-century scientific textbook author Jeremiah Joyce, highlighting textbook authorship as a developing craft influenced by educational publishers. It advocates for studying textbooks to understand the history of science.

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Area of Science:

  • History of Science
  • 19th-century Scientific Publishing

Background:

  • Examines the professional practices of Jeremiah Joyce, an early 19th-century scientific textbook author.
  • Investigates the evolving nature of textbook authorship as a craft during this period.

Discussion:

  • Analyzes the role of commercial interests and publisher speculations in shaping textbook content.
  • Demonstrates how educational publishers influenced the formulation of scientific texts.

Key Insights:

  • Textbook authorship was a developing craft in the early 19th century.
  • Commercial considerations significantly impacted the creation of scientific textbooks.
  • Jeremiah Joyce's work exemplifies these trends in scientific authorship.

Outlook:

  • Promotes the study of historical textbooks as a valuable resource for the history of science.
  • Encourages further research into the intersection of commerce and scientific knowledge dissemination.

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