The Historiography of Contemporary Science and Technology (Hardcover)

More than 90 percent of all scientific history has been made during the last half century. So far, however, only a fraction of historical scholarship has dealt with this period. Merely a decade ago, most scientific historians considered recent science - the scientific culture created, lived and remembered by contemporary scientists - an area of study best left to the historical actors themselves. Today, an increasing number of historians are turning to the study of contemporary science. When doing so, they are confronted with new and unfamiliar methodological and theoretical problems. How to handle the huge amounts of published and unpublished source materials? What level of scientific training is necessary to understand contemporary science? Does the lack of historical perspective prevent good scholarship? Can (and will) historians of recent science share the turf with other professional groups, such as active scientists, scholars of science and technology studies, and science journalists? This volume aims to provide answers to these questions. The thirteen contributors are active researchers in what has been called "the last frontier" in the history of science. The book itself is

General

Imprint:	Harwood-Academic Publishers
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Release date:	October 1997
Editors:	Thomas Soederquist
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	276
ISBN-13:	978-3-7186-5906-7
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > General Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > History > Theory & methods > Historiography
LSN:	3-7186-5906-9
Barcode:	9783718659067

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