Anthropological approaches to the sciences have developed as part
of a broader tradition concerned about the place of the sciences in
today's world and in some basic sense concerned with questions
about the legitimacy of the sciences. In the years since the second
World War, we have seen the emergence of a number of different
attempts both to analyze and to cope with the successes of the
sciences, their broad penetration into social life, and the sense
of problem and crisis that they have projected. Among the of
movements concerned about the earlier responses were the
development social responsibility of scientists and technological
practitioners. There is little doubt that this was a direct
outgrowth of the role of science in the war epitomized by the
successful construction and catastrophic use of the atomic bomb.
The recognition of the deep social utility of science, and
especially its role as an instrument of war, fostered curiosity
about the earlier develop ment of scientific disciplines and
institutional forms. The history of science as an explicit
diSCipline with full-time practitioners can be seen as an attempt
to locate science in temporal space - first in its intellectual
form and second ly in its institutional or social form. The
sociology of science, while certainly having roots in the pre-war
work of Robert K."
General
Imprint: |
Kluwer Academic Publishers
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Country of origin: |
Netherlands |
Series: |
Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook, 5 |
Release date: |
July 1981 |
First published: |
July 1981 |
Editors: |
E Mendelsohn
• Y. Elkana
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Dimensions: |
235 x 155 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
270 |
Edition: |
1981 ed. |
ISBN-13: |
978-90-277-1234-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Sociology, social studies >
General
|
LSN: |
90-277-1234-4 |
Barcode: |
9789027712349 |
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