Science in Context http://journals.cambridge.org/SIC Additional services for Science in Context: Email alerts: Click here Subscriptions: Click here Commercial reprints: Click here Terms of use : Click here Experimentalists in the Republic of Letters H. Otto Sibum Science in Context / Volume 16 / Issue 1-2 / March 2003, pp 89 - 120 DOI: 10.1017/S0269889703000747, Published online: 01 August 2003 Link to this article: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0269889703000747 How to cite this article: H. Otto Sibum (2003). Experimentalists in the Republic of Letters. Science in Context, 16, pp 89-120 doi:10.1017/ S0269889703000747 Request Permissions : Click here Downloaded from http://journals.cambridge.org/SIC, IP address: 203.64.11.45 on 31 Mar 2015