内容简介
Inspiteofallthathasbeenwritteninthepastdecadesaboutthefirsthalf-centuryoftheRoyalSociety'sexistence,noonehassofarexaminedjustwhattookplaceattheSociety'sweeklymeetingsnorhowfartheyfulfilledtheexpressedaimofpromoting'experimentallearning'.StudentsoftheearlyRoyalSocietyhaveoftentakenitsaimtohavebeenfullyexpressedinthewritingsofsuchFellowsasBoyle,HookeandNewton,awarethatHookeespeciallyperformedverymanyexperimentsatthemeetingsbetween1662and1703,whileheandotherswroteaboutthenecessityofdoingso.ThisstudyattemptstoanalysethecontentofthemeetingsindetailinordertodiscoverhowfarandinwhatmannertheaimsoftheSocietywerefulfilledintheseventeenthandearlyeighteenthcenturies.ThisbookforthefirsttimeexploresthepracticesoftheSociety'sFellows,andshowshowthesealteredbetween1660and1727.
作者简介
FranzBaaderisaProfessorintheInstituteofTheoreticalComputerScienceatTUDresden.DiegoCalvaneseisAssociateProfessorintheFacultyofComputerScienceattheFreeUniversityofBozen-Bolzano,Italy.DeborahL.McGuinnessisTetherlessWorldSeniorConstellationProfessorintheDepartmentofComputerScienceattheRensselaerPolytechnicInstitute(RPI),NewYork.DanieleNardiisProfessorofArtificialIntelligenceintheDepartmentofInformaticsatUniversit...degliStudidiRoma'LaSapienza',Italy.PeterF.Patel-SchneiderisamemberoftechnicalstaffintheComputingandSoftwarePrinciplesResearchDepartmentoftheEnablingComputingTechnologiesDomainatBellLabsinMurrayHill,NJ,USA.