W. D. Hackmann and A. J. Turner
Ashgate Variorum
Hardback
352
1994
This volume reflects the three key elements that have characterised Francis Maddison?s long career as curator of the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford: a passion for language (both his own and the exotic products of other cultures) a deep thirst for learning and an interest in scientific artifacts as an indivisible part of material culture. Artifacts scientific of otherwise are as much the products of their culture as painting or literature. Much of the work at the Museum of the History of Science during Francis Maddison?s curatorship has been to bridge the gap between the so-called ?two cultures? probably the most pernicious trend of the twentieth century.
Ashgate Variorum
Hardback
352
1994
This volume reflects the three key elements that have characterised Francis Maddison?s long career as curator of the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford: a passion for language (both his own and the exotic products of other cultures) a deep thirst for learning and an interest in scientific artifacts as an indivisible part of material culture. Artifacts scientific of otherwise are as much the products of their culture as painting or literature. Much of the work at the Museum of the History of Science during Francis Maddison?s curatorship has been to bridge the gap between the so-called ?two cultures? probably the most pernicious trend of the twentieth century.