Henry Oldenburg: Shaping the Royal Society

by Marie Boas Hall

Henry Oldenburg, born in 1619 in Bremen, Germany, first came to England as a diplomat on a mission to see Oliver Cromwell. He stayed on in England and in 1662 became the Secretary of the Royal Society, and its best known member to the entire learned world of his time. Through his extensive correspondence, now published, he disseminated the Society's ideals and methods at home and abroad. He fostered and encouraged the talents of many scientists later...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198510535
• ISBN13: 9780198510536
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"