Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
Index
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Notes on Contributors; List of Figures; Chapter 1: Expeditions as Experiments: An Introduction; Introduction; Defining Scientific Expeditions; Expeditions as Experiments; Division of Work and Questions of Authority; Scientific Practices: Observation and Documentation; Notes; Chapter 2: An Idea Ahead of Its Time: Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Mobile Botanical Laboratory; Introduction; The Chemical-Experimental Moment; Instruments and Expeditions; The Mobile Botanical Laboratory; Organization; Expeditions Testing the Reports of Others; Conclusion; Notes.