Title & Author:

The architecture of science / edited by Peter Galison and Emily Thompson.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1999.

Description:

xviii, 573 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
"Most of the papers contained in this volume were presented at 'The Architecture of Science,' a conference that met 21-22 May 1994 at Harvard University"--Acknowledgements.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Buildings and the Subject of Science / Peter Galison -- 2. Masculine Prerogatives: Gender, Space, and Knowledge in the Early Modern Museum / Paula Findlen -- 3. Alchemical Symbolism and Concealment: The Chemical House of Libavius / William R. Newman -- 4. Openness and Empiricism: Values and Meaning in Early Architectural Writings and in Seventeenth-Century Experimental Philosophy / Pamela O. Long -- 5. Architectures for Steam / M. Norton Wise -- 6. Illuminating the Opacity of Achromatic Lens Production: Joseph von Fraunhofer's Use of Monastic Architecture and Space as a Laboratory / Myles W. Jackson -- 7. The Spaces of Cultural Representation, circa 1887 and 1969: Reflections on Museum Arrangement and Anthropological Theory in the Boasian and Evolutionary Traditions / George W. Stocking, Jr. -- 8. Bricks and Bones: Architecture and Science in Victorian Britain / Sophie Forgan -- 9. "Spatial Mechanics": Scientific Metaphors in Architecture / Adrian Forty.
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Dust jacket.

Summary:

How do the spaces in which science is done shape the identity of the scientist and the self-conception of scientific fields? How do the sciences structure the identity of the architect and the practice of architecture in a specific period? And how does the design of spaces such as laboratories, hospitals, and museums affect how the public perceives and interacts with the world of science? The Architecture of Science offers a set of speculations on these issues by historians of science, architecture, and art: architectural theorists: and sociologists as well as practicing scientists and architects.

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ISBN:

0262071908 (hc ; alk. paper)
9780262071901 (hc ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architecture and science.
Architecture and technology.
Laboratories.
Medical laboratories.
Technology.
Museums.
Science.
Architecture
Architecture et sciences.
Architecture et technologie.
Laboratoires.
Médecine Laboratoires.
Technologie.
Musées.
Sciences.
museums (institutions)
sciences (philosophy)
Architectuurtheorieën.
Bouwkunst.
Wetenschap.

Form/genre:

Conference papers (document genres)

Added entries:

Galison, Peter, 1955-
Thompson, Emily Ann.
Architecture of Science (1994 : Cambridge, Mass.)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 202108
Call No.: NA2543.S35 A7 1999
Status: Available