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A century of science publishing : a collection of essays /

Publishers of the science publishing scene comment on key developments throughout the 20th century. Some characteristic publishing enterprises, commercial and society owned, are described in a series of articles, followed by analysis of developments and possible changes to come.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: IOS Press
Other Authors: Fredriksson, Einar H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Washington, DC : IOS Press, ©2001.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Title page; Contents; Foreword; Publishers and Publishing; The Birth of Scientific Publishing
  • Descartes in the Netherlands; Academic Publications before 1940; The Growth and Decline of German Scientific Publishing 1850-1945; Ohmsha, its Birth and History; Science Press (Longman's Book Co., Ltd.); The Dutch Publishing Scene: Elsevier and North-Holland; Robert Maxwell: Forty-Four Years as Publisher; Learned Societies Adapt to New Publishing Realities
  • A Review of the Role Played by U.S. Societies; German Post-WWII Developments and Changes in the Language of Science.