Michael Polanyi and his generation : origins of the social construction of science / Mary Jo Nye.
Material type: TextPublication details: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2011.Description: xxi, 405 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780226103174
- 192 NYE 22
Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Books | ATREE Library General Stacks | 192 NYE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5439 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-392) and index.
Scientific culture in Europe and the refugee generation -- Germany and Weimar Berlin as the City of Science -- Origins of a social perspective: doing physical chemistry in Weimar Berlin -- Chemical dynamics and social dynamics in Berlin and Manchester -- Liberalism and the economic foundations of the "Republic of Science" -- Scientific freedom and the social functions of science -- Political foundations of the philosophies of science of Popper, Kuhn, and Polanyi -- Personal knowledge: argument, audiences, and sociological engagement -- Epilogue: SSK, scientific constructivism, and the paradoxical legacy of Polanyi and the 1930s generation.
There are no comments on this title.