Looking at it from Asia: the Processes that Shaped the Sources of History of Science

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bretelle-Establet, Florence (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 265
• Subjects: History.; Cultural heritage.; Library science.; History of Science.; History, general.; Cultural Heritage.; Library Science.

The idea of this volume took shape within a group of scholars working on the history of science in Asia. Despite the great differences in time, locations and disciplines between our respective fields of research, we all faced similar situations: among the huge mass of written documents available to...