TY - BOOK AU - Johns,Adrian TI - The nature of the book: print and knowledge in the making SN - 9780226401232 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions) AV - Z124 .J64 1998eb U1 - 686.2/094 22 PY - 1998/// CY - Chicago, Ill. PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Printing KW - Social aspects KW - Europe KW - History KW - England KW - Books KW - Transmission of texts KW - Science KW - Science publishing KW - Imprimerie KW - Aspect social KW - Histoire KW - Angleterre KW - Livres KW - Transmission de textes KW - Sciences KW - Édition scientifique KW - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING KW - Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades KW - bisacsh KW - DESIGN KW - Book KW - CRAFTS & HOBBIES KW - Book Printing & Binding KW - Natuurwetenschappen KW - gtt KW - Boeken KW - Intellectual life KW - Vie intellectuelle KW - წიგნის ბეჭდვა ევროპა KW - ისტორია KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 641-707) and index; Introduction : the book of nature and the nature of the book -- Literatory life : the culture and credibility of the printed book in early modern London -- "The advancement of wholesome knowledge" : the politics of print and the practices of propriety -- John Streater and the Knights of the Galaxy : republicanism, natural knowledge, and the politics of printing -- Faust and the pirates : the cultural construction of the printing revolution -- The physiology of reading : print and the passions -- Piracy and usurpation : natural philosophy in the Restoration -- Histories of the heavens : John Flamsteed, Isaac Newton, and the Historia cœlestis Britannica -- Conclusion UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=274215 ER -