The Editors: R. W. Home was Professor of History and Philosophy of
Science at the University of Melbourne from 1975 until his
retirement in 2003. He is Editor of Historical Records of
Australian Science and has published widely on the history of
Australian science.
A. M. Lucas was Principal of King's College London where he also
held the Chair of Science Curriculum Studies. He has published
widely on environmental and science education, museology and public
understanding of science, and the history of science. He retired in
2003.
Sara Maroske is a historian of Australian science and social
history. She has published on various aspects of Mueller's life and
work and has recently completed a thesis entitled Science by
correspondence.
D. M. Sinkora was born and raised in Germany. She was for many
years at the National Herbarium of Victoria where, in addition to
working as a marine phycologist, she made Mueller a special focus
of her research. She retired in 1992.
J. H. Voigt has published extensively on Australian history since
his research fellowship at the Australian National University,
1968-1971. He was Professor of Overseas History at Stuttgart
University until his retirement in 1996.
Monika Wells is a historian of medicine with a special interest in
19th-century surgery. She joined the Mueller Project as a full-time
researcher in 1997.
«These volumes represent a shining example of historical
scholarship, providing us with a glimpse into the practice of
science in the nineteenth century, outside the European centres.»
(Gail Clements, Journal of the History of Biology)
«These letters open a window onto the pioneering world of
nineteenth-century Australian science. Their interest is both
personal and public. They bring under fresh scrutiny a complex
personal story of aspiration and failure, of high ambition and
personal disappointment. In their preoccupation with indigenous
plants of Australia, and with the introduction of exotic species,
these letters speak to the environmental concerns of the
twenty-first century. In a larger context again, these letters and
Mueller's own professional life have much to say about the workings
of Australian science, the pull and push between 'centres' and
'peripheries', issues that, even in a time of globalisation, remain
intensely relevant today.» (John Thompson, Australian Book
Review)
«...this volume is a model of what an enterprise of this kind ought
to produce. Scholars in numerous fields will have much reason to be
grateful.» (David E. Allen, Medical History)
«Australian botanists will be forever grateful for the dedicated
work of the editors and their many contributors to produce this
first volume.» (David E. Symon, Australian Systematic Botany
Society Newsletter)
«This book is wonderful reading because one can uncover so many
different facets of Mueller. He was involved in an enormous number
of academic pursuits during his early years in the colony of
Victoria: he was a member of the North Australian Exploring
Expedition of 1855-7; he planned and hoped to write the flora of
Australia; he was on the Victorian Board of Agriculture; he was a
member of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria, later the Royal
Society of Victoria.» (Sophie C. Ducker, Historical Records of
Australian Science)
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