Dutch messengers : : a history of science publishing, 1930-1980 / / by Cornelis D. Andriesse.
In this pioneering work, based upon interviews with many of the surviving protagonists, Cornelis ('Cees') Andriesse tells the story of the role that Dutch publishing houses played in the rise of English language commercial science publishing after the Second World War, that was preceded by...
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| Superior document: | Library of the written word, v. 7. The industrial world ; v. 1 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Library of the written word ;
7. Library of the written word. Industrial world ; v. 1. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- On science publishing
- The publisher of Huygens and Lorentz
- Quest for the lingua franca
- German scenes
- Two scenes from 1942
- A letter and three scenes from 1938
- Two and a half scenes from 1933
- Elsevier's venture
- Encyclopedia of organic chemistry
- Little Beilstein
- Book of health
- Biochimica et biophysica acta
- Frank and his "North-Holland"
- Choice for physics
- Monographs on theoretical and applied physics
- Quest for journal editors
- Beyond physics
- Excerpta medica
- Biological publications
- Philosophical diversions
- The Associated Scientific Publishers
- Dissolution of boundaries
- The integration
- Saturation
- Towards the Internet revolution.