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List of contributors | |
Preface | |
Introduction | |
Existential projects and existential choice in science: science biography as an edifying genre | |
Life paths: autobiography, science and the French Revolution | |
From science to wisdom: Humphry Davy's life | |
Robert Boyle and the dilemma of biography in the age of the scientific revolution | |
Alphabetical lives: scientific biography in historical dictionaries and encyclopedias | |
The scientist as hero: public images of Michael Faraday | |
Tactful organising and executive power: biographies of Florence Nightingale for girls | |
Taking histories, medical lives: Thomas Beddoes and biography | |
The scientist as patron and patriotic symbol: the changing reputation of Joseph Banks | |
Metabiographical reflections on Charles | |
Index | |
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