Getting a Fix
TheLongitudePhenomenon
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4175705 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Gascoigne (0000-0002-6629-2558, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 98 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 769-778 |
| Publication date | 2007-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Isis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-1753 • E-ISSN: 1545-6994 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/529268 |
| OpenAlex | W1529057264 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
Using Dava Sobel’s best‐sellling Longitude as its departure point, this essay considers the varying goals of the popular and the academic historian of science. It argues that, though there is common ground, there are major differences between the two in terms of style, use of evidence, approach to context, and thematic focus. Nonetheless, academics have much to learn from writers such as Sobel in addressing a wider audience and relating specialized studies to wider concerns
Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Focus (optics · Image (mathematics · Media studies · Point (geometry · Political science · Qualitative research · Sobel operator · Social science · Sociology · Style (visual arts · Thematic analysis · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Evolution and Science Education · History · Mathematics · Philosophy · Race, Genetics, and Society
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |