The Dawn of Scientific Biography
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12619144 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Segre (0000-0002-9922-1529, Gabriele D’Annunzio University of Chieti – Pescara Italy, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 207-230 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-18 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Early Science and Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1383-7427 • E-ISSN: 1573-3823 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15733823-02630017 |
| OpenAlex | W3194942322 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
This article endeavors to contribute to a better understanding of the literary contexts of early biographies of scientists written during the Scientific Revolution. To what extent are these biographies influenced by stereotypes that are an inadequate fit for modern history of science? Its claim is that there was, indeed, a literary model for biographies of scientists, and that this model had deep roots in Biblical and classical literature. While the model was similar to that used in Renaissance biographies of artists, it did not fully emerge until as late as the seventeenth century
Art · Art history · Biography · Epistemology · History of science · Literature · Science education · Science history · Scientific revolution · Sociology · The Renaissance · Classics · Historical Philosophy and Science · History · History of Medicine Studies · History of Science and Medicine · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 1.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |