Philomaths, Herschel, and the myth of the self-taught man
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- Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London [ 0035-9149 ] ; 2014.
Abstract
The role of technicians and background characters in the historical practice of science is slowly gaining recognition. This paper looks at the collective effort involved in learning science, using as my case study the eighteenth-century musician turned astronomer, William Herschel. Lacking a university education, Herschel, like many contemporaries, presented himself as self-taught, thereby hiding his engagement with a rich network of didactic resources. Placing Herschel's story within the history of pedagogy, I argue that this network, previously discussed only in the context of popular or marketplace science, was an important resource for science education at its highest level.
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DOI: 10.1098/rsnr.2014.0027
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PubMed Central: 4123665
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