Abstract
List of contributors Preface Introduction Michael Shortland and Richard Yeo 1. Existential projects and existential choice in science: science biography as an edifying genre Thomas Soderqvist 2. Life paths: autobiography, science and the French Revolution Dorinda Outram 3. From science to wisdom: Humphry Davy's life David Knight 4. Robert Boyle and the dilemma of biography in the age of the scientific revolution Michael Hunter 5. Alphabetical lives: scientific biography in historical dictionaries and encyclopedias Richard Yeo 6. The scientist as hero: public images of Michael Faraday Geoffrey Cantor 7. Tactful organising and executive power: biographies of Florence Nightingale for girls Martha Vicinus 8. Taking histories, medical lives: Thomas Beddoes and biography Roy Porter 9. The scientist as patron and patriotic symbol: the changing reputation of Joseph Banks John Gascoigne 10. Metabiographical reflections on Charles Darwin James Moore Index.
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