Nye, Mary Jo. <br/><br/>
Michael Polanyi and his generation :  origins of the social construction of science / 
Mary Jo Nye. 
 - Chicago ;  London :  The University of Chicago Press,  2011. 
 - xxi, 405 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-392) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226103174 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Polanyi, Michael, 1891-1976 --Influence.<br/>Polanyi, Michael, 1891-1976 --Friends and associates.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Jewish scientists--Intellectual life.--Hungary<br/>Jewish scientists--Intellectual life.--Germany<br/>Science--Philosophy--History--20th century.<br/>Science--Social aspects.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>192 NYE