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Scientific Networks

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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…

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  • … In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and …
  • … In the nineteenth-century, letter writing was one of the most important activities for building and …
  • … readers, observers, and experimenters across the globe, most of whom he never met. His contacts were …
  • … and professions. He extended the social and geographic range of his contacts in large part by …
  • … and George Frederick Cupples, introduced him to communities of pigeon fanciers and dog breeders. …
  • … structures were largely absent. Darwin had a small circle of scientific friends with whom he shared …
  • … thinking. He also looked to this circle for support in times of uncertainty, controversy, or …
  • … personal ties could be built gradually through the exchange of scientific knowledge and the free …
  • … knows Cambridge botanist J. S. Henslow has sent some of Darwin’s South American plants to his friend …
  • … J. D., [11 Jan 1844] Darwin begins with an assessment of his views on Hooker. He relates some …
  • … and island floras in general, as well as on the relationship of wide-ranging species to wide-ranging …
  • … facts on variation and questions Gray on the alpine flora of the USA. He sends a list of plants from …
  • … 1674 ]. He discusses the distribution and relationships of alpine flora in the USA. …
  • … interest me; & what is more they have in simple truth been of the utmost value to me.” …
  • … for Brent’s papers. Huxley has asked him to publish in his journal. The debate about John …
  • … themselves. Scott’s work is not science, but “scientific horticulture”. Letter 4471 — …
  • … Letter 4170 — Becker, Lydia to Darwin, C. R., 18 May 1863 This is a very formal letter …
  • … Letter 4258 — Becker, Lydia to Darwin, C. R., 31 July [1863] Becker has found seeds produced …
  • … Letter 4260a — Darwin, C. R. to Becker, L. E., 2 Aug [1863] Darwin thanks Lydia Becker for …