Making "Nature" is the first book to chronicle the foundation and development of Nature, one of the world's most influential scientific institutions. Now nearing its hundred and fiftieth year of publication, Nature is the international benchmark for scientific publication. Its contributors include Charles Darwin, Ernest Rutherford, and Stephen Hawking, and it has published many of the most important discoveries in the history of science, including articles on the structure of DNA, the discovery of the neutron, the first cloning of a mammal, and the human genome.

But how did Nature become such an essential institution? In Making "Nature," Melinda Baldwin charts the rich history of this extraordinary publication from its foundation in 1869 to current debates about online publishing and open access. This pioneering study not only tells Nature's story but also sheds light on much larger questions about the history of science publishing, changes in scientific communication, and shifting notions of "scientific community." Nature, as Baldwin demonstrates, helped define what science is and what it means to be a scientist.

梅林達·鮑德溫（Melinda Baldwin）

科學曆史學傢、哈佛大學講師、《今日物理》編輯。曾獲美國藝術與科學院、國傢科學基金會和約剋大學奬學金。於2004年獲戴維森學院學士學位，2005年獲劍橋大學曆史與哲學碩士學位，2010年獲普林斯頓大學曆史學博士學位。其研究重點為1800年以來的科學思想文化史。