id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-11570 Gordon, John J.; Kidman, Roy A History of Scientific and Technical Periodicals (Book Review); Guide to Latin American Scientific and Technical Periodicals, An Annotated List (Book Review) 1963-03-01 3 .pdf application/pdf 1880 87 49 In an age witnessing an overwhelming pro- liferation of scientific knowledge, with its elaborate structure and complicated system of communication, any attempt on the part of one man to write a history of one phase of this complex, namely the publication of scientific periodicals, would be as Herculean a task as the attempts to develop systematic control of scientific literature have proven to be. The problems and patterns of production de- scribed are typical of more than just the pub- lication of scientific journals. cache/crl-11570.pdf txt/crl-11570.txt