Reworking the Bench: Research Notebooks in the History of Science

This is the first book that addresses the issue of research notes for writing history of science in a comprehensive manner. Its case studies range from the early modern period to present and cover a broad range of different disciplines. The contributions are based on papers presented at the workshop entitled ''Reworking the Bench: Laboratory Notebooks in the History of Science'', held at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin or written after the workshop.