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    Rhetoric and the Early Royal Society : a sourcebook / edited by Tina Skouen and Ryan J. Stark.

    Published 2014
    Table of Contents: “…Rhetoric and the Early Royal Society:A Sourcebook; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Sources; Introduction; PART 1: Theoretical Perspectives; 1 Totius in verba: Rhetoric and Authority in the Early Royal Society; 2 Rhetoric in the Early Royal Society; 3 Language Reform in the Late Seventeenth Century; 4 Argument and 17th-Century Science: A Rhetorical Analysis with Sociological Implications; PART 2: Case Studies; 5 Invitation and Engagement: Ideology and Wilkins's Philosophical Language.…”
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    Animal Police. by Ian Stuttard.

    Published 1999
    Subjects: “…Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.…”
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    Scientific Discourse in Sociohistorical Context : the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1675-1975. by Atkinson, Dwight

    Published 1998
    Table of Contents: “…Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Editor's Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Overview and Motivations -- CHAPTER 1 Conceptual Framework -- CHAPTER 2 The Royal Society and Its Philosophical Transactions: A Brief Institutional History -- CHAPTER 3 Methods of Analysis and Description of Text Corpus -- CHAPTER 4 Rhetorical Analysis -- CHAPTER 5 Multidimensional Analysis -- CHAPTER 6 Synthesis and Discussion: Scientific Discourse and Scientific Forms of Life -- CHAPTER 7 Implications and Conclusions -- Appendix A: Contents of "Corpus B" -- Appendix B: Ranges of Variation for Overall MD Analysis -- Appendix C: Standard Deviations for Overall MD Analysis -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index.…”
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    The singular and the making of knowledge at the Royal Society of London in the eighteenth century / by Palmira Fontes da Costa. by Costa, Palmira Fontes da

    Published 2009
    Subjects: “…Royal Society (Great Britain) History 18th century.…”
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    The First Professional Scientist Robert Hooke and the Royal Society of London / by Robert D. Purrington. by Purrington, Robert D.

    Published 2009
    Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Restoring Robert Hooke -- Robert Hooke: Indefaticable Genius: Hooke and London -- Promoting Physico-Mathematical-Experimental Learning: Founding the Royal Society of London -- Society of the Muses: The First Decade -- Crisis and Consolidation: 1672-1687 -- The Society after the Principia: 1688-1703 -- Scientific Virtuoso: Hooke 1655-1687 -- And All Was Light: Hooke and Newton on Light and Color -- The Nature of Things Themselves: Robert Hooke, Natural Philosopher -- The System of the World: Hooke and Universal Gravitation, the Inverse-Square Law, and Planetary Orbits -- The Omnipotence of the Creator: Robert Hooke, Astronomer -- The Last Remain: Hooke after the Principia, 1687-1703.…”
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    Physics and the rise of scientific research in Canada / Yves Gingras ; translated by Peter Keating. by Gingras, Yves, 1954-

    Published 1991
    Table of Contents: “…Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: ESTABLISHING RESEARCH -- 1 From Teaching to Research -- 2 Finding Resources -- 3 Growth and Diversification of Research -- PART TWO: REFORMING INSTITUTIONS -- 4 Adjusting the Royal Society of Canada -- 5 The Birth of the Canadian Journal of Research -- PART THREE: CHANGING DEFINITIONS -- 6 In Search of a Collective Voice -- 7 Profession or Discipline? …”
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