Rhetoric and the Early Royal Society: A Sourcebook
- ISBN-10
- 9004283706
- ISBN-13
- 9789004283701
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 290
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-11-28
- Publisher
- BRILL
- Authors
- Ryan Stark, Tina Skouen
Description
This volume is a sourcebook for those interested in how the experimentalists of the seventeenth century profoundly shaped modern scholarly communication.
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