The Building of British Social Anthropology. W.H.R. Rivers and His Cambridge Disciples in the Development of Kinship Studies, 1898-1931.
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Paperback. Series: Studies in the History of Modern Science. Num Pages: 436 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; JHM; WM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 664.
The nature of that transition to maturity [a transition involving "The acquisition of the sort of paradigm that identifies challenging puzzles, supplies clues to their solution, and guarantees that the truly clever practitioner will succeed") deserves fuller discussion than it has received in this book, particularly from those concerned with the development of the contemporary social sciences. (Thomas S. Kuhn, 1969, Postscript to The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. ) The fIrst two or three decades of the twentieth-century represents a shadowy period in the history of science. For most contemporary scientists, the period is a little too far away to ... Read more
The nature of that transition to maturity [a transition involving "The acquisition of the sort of paradigm that identifies challenging puzzles, supplies clues to their solution, and guarantees that the truly clever practitioner will succeed") deserves fuller discussion than it has received in this book, particularly from those concerned with the development of the contemporary social sciences. (Thomas S. Kuhn, 1969, Postscript to The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. ) The fIrst two or three decades of the twentieth-century represents a shadowy period in the history of science. For most contemporary scientists, the period is a little too far away to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
Series
Studies in the History of Modern Science
Number of Pages
436
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400984660
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V9789400984660
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