Marc E Rothenberg
Biographic Data
| ID | 4591541 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marc E Rothenberg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marc E |
| FAMILY NAME | Rothenberg |
| SIGNATURE | ROTHENBERG M E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University Press |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9790-6332 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 34 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Joseph Henry and Astronomy
Although best known for his research on electromagnetic induction, Joseph Henry, the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, was also very interested in astronomy, and particularly the application of physics to astronomical research. This paper explores Henry’s interest and his failure to make a greater impact on astronomy
Nathan Reingold, 1927-2004
Nathan Reingold, 1927–2004 Marc Rothenberg (bio) Nathan Reingold, senior historian emeritus, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, and former editor of the Joseph Henry Papers, died of a stroke and aspiration pneumonia on 30 October 2004 at his home in Bethesda, Maryland. Nate, as he was universally known, was seventy-seven. Born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in the Bronx, Nate became, in his own words, a "compulsive r…
Latitude
Latitude: How American Astronomers Solved the Mystery of Variation. By Bill Carter and Merri Sue Carter. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2002. Pp. viii+252. $24.95
Eloge
Museums of Modern Science. Svante Lindqvist , Marika Hedin , Ulf Larsson
History of the IAU
Scientific Communities in the Developing World
The History of Science and Technology in the United States
The Papers of Joseph Henry. Vol. 6
Pauper and Prince
876 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGYAND CULTURE Unfortunately, the telling suffers from a pervasive structural flaw. Brittain has chosen to relate Alexanderson’s life and career largely by serially summarizing and paraphrasing letters, articles, technical mate rials, and other documents. Too often he presents items from those documents without sufficient context, analysis, or indication of where they came from or what they led to. The one-sidedness of th…
Pauper and Prince
Beyond History of Science
192 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE theme, which draws on Smith’s experience at the State Department, seldom appears in this sort of discussion. The themes might therefore have provided insight through juxtaposition, but they are not closely integrated in Smith’s treatment. The final chapter, “The Unfinished Agenda,” unveils an unstated but unmistakable agenda of the book, to counter proposals for a combined Department of Science and Technolo…
The Papers of Joseph Henry. Vol. 6
Journal Article The Papers of Joseph Henry. Vol. 6: January 1844–December 1846: The Princeton Years. Ed. by Marc Rothenberg, Kathleen W. Dorman, John C. Rumm, and Paul H. Theerman. (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992. xlii, 662 pp. $55.00, ISBN 1-56098112-1.) Get access Donald Fleming Donald Fleming Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of America…
Beyond History of Science
This collection focuses on the intellectual development of the sciences, their relationships with technology, and their place in culture in general including a proposed realignment of science, technology, and art
Eye on the Sky
TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 169 Eye on the Sky: Lick Observatory’s First Century. By Donald E. Osterbrock, John R. Gustafson, and W. J. Shiloh Unruh. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1988. Pp. xii + 295; illus trations, references, index. $25.00. Astronomical Centers of the World. By Kevin Krisciunas. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Pp. xiv + 320; illustrations, notes, appendix, index. $27.95. For hi…
Guide to Historical Resources in the Atmospheric Sciences
Eye on the Sky
Journal of a Voyage with Bering, 1741-1742 . Georg Wilhelm Steller , O. W. Frost , Margritt A. Engel
A Man Who Loved the Stars
New Lands, New Men
Scientific Colonialism
The Papers of Joseph Henry
Journal Article The Papers of Joseph Henry. Vol. V: January 1841–December 1843. The Princeton Years. Ed. by Nathan Reingold and Marc Rothenberg. (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985. xxxviii + 506 pp. $45.00.) Get access Donald Fleming Donald Fleming Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 73, Issue 4, March 1987, Pages 1037–1038, https://doi.org/1…
A Guide to Documentary Editing. Mary-Jo Kline
Tree Rings and Telescopes
The History of Science and Technology in the United States
Organization and Control
Spurred by concerns that amateur researchers would organize Independent of the guidance of the professional astronomical community, professional astronomers established the Amencan Association of Variable Star Observers and the Amencan Meteor Society to provide direction for and ensure the utilization of amateur observations. Concurrently, the American Astronomical Society, established In 1899 after a half-century of abortive efforts, evolved Int…
Scientific Colonialism
Planets X and Pluto . William Graves Hoyt
Organization and Control
Spurred by concerns that amateur researchers would organize Independent of the guidance of the professional astronomical community, professional astronomers established the Amencan Association of Variable Star Observers and the Amencan Meteor Society to provide direction for and ensure the utilization of amateur observations. Concurrently, the American Astronomical Society, established In 1899 after a half-century of abortive efforts, evolved Int…
Equal Justice Under Law
Journal Article Equal Justice under Law: Constitutional Development, 1835–1875. By Harold M. Hyman and William M. Wiecek. (New York: Harper and Row, 1982. xvii + 571 pp. Maps, illustrations, chart, table, appendix, notes, bibliographical essay, and index. $20.95.) Get access Don E. Fehrenbacher Don E. Fehrenbacher Stanford University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 69, I…
The Papers of Joseph Henry
Journal Article The Papers of Joseph Henry. Vol. 2: November 1832–December 1835: The Princeton Years. Ed. by Nathan Reingold, The Papers of Joseph Henry. Vol. 3: January 1836–December 1837: The Princeton Years. Ed. by Nathan Reingold, The Papers of Joseph Henry. Vol 4: January 1838–December 1840: The Princeton Years. Ed. by Nathan Reingold Get access Donald Fleming Donald Fleming Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford…
The Rainmakers
The Papers of Joseph Henry
The Papers of Nathaniel Bowditch in the Boston Public Library
Bullets and Bureaucrats
Tree Rings and Telescopes
The History of Science and Technology in the United States
History of Astronomy
The Papers of Joseph Henry
Journal Article The Papers of Joseph Henry. Vol. V: January 1841–December 1843. The Princeton Years. Ed. by Nathan Reingold and Marc Rothenberg. (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985. xxxviii + 506 pp. $45.00.) Get access Donald Fleming Donald Fleming Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 73, Issue 4, March 1987, Pages 1037–1038, https://doi.org/1…
A Guide to Documentary Editing. Mary-Jo Kline
New Lands, New Men
Scientific Colonialism
A Man Who Loved the Stars
Journal of a Voyage with Bering, 1741-1742 . Georg Wilhelm Steller , O. W. Frost , Margritt A. Engel
Eye on the Sky
TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 169 Eye on the Sky: Lick Observatory’s First Century. By Donald E. Osterbrock, John R. Gustafson, and W. J. Shiloh Unruh. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1988. Pp. xii + 295; illus trations, references, index. $25.00. Astronomical Centers of the World. By Kevin Krisciunas. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Pp. xiv + 320; illustrations, notes, appendix, index. $27.95. For hi…
Guide to Historical Resources in the Atmospheric Sciences
Eye on the Sky
Beyond History of Science
192 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE theme, which draws on Smith’s experience at the State Department, seldom appears in this sort of discussion. The themes might therefore have provided insight through juxtaposition, but they are not closely integrated in Smith’s treatment. The final chapter, “The Unfinished Agenda,” unveils an unstated but unmistakable agenda of the book, to counter proposals for a combined Department of Science and Technolo…
The Papers of Joseph Henry. Vol. 6
Journal Article The Papers of Joseph Henry. Vol. 6: January 1844–December 1846: The Princeton Years. Ed. by Marc Rothenberg, Kathleen W. Dorman, John C. Rumm, and Paul H. Theerman. (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992. xlii, 662 pp. $55.00, ISBN 1-56098112-1.) Get access Donald Fleming Donald Fleming Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of America…
Beyond History of Science
This collection focuses on the intellectual development of the sciences, their relationships with technology, and their place in culture in general including a proposed realignment of science, technology, and art
The Papers of Joseph Henry. Vol. 6
Pauper and Prince
876 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGYAND CULTURE Unfortunately, the telling suffers from a pervasive structural flaw. Brittain has chosen to relate Alexanderson’s life and career largely by serially summarizing and paraphrasing letters, articles, technical mate rials, and other documents. Too often he presents items from those documents without sufficient context, analysis, or indication of where they came from or what they led to. The one-sidedness of th…
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