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Science, History and Social Activism
. Ed(S): Allen, Garland E.; Macleod, Mr Roy M.
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Description for Science, History and Social Activism
Hardback. Highlights aspects of the career of Everett Mendelsohn, one of the premier historians of biology, and also a range of topics that are grouped under the general heading of science studies. This collection includes articles on the relations between science and the military, science as narrative, natural history and conservation, and science. Editor(s): Allen, Garland E.; MacLeod, Mr Roy M. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 399 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 752.
"To earn a degree, every doctoral candidate should go out to Harvard Square, find an audience, and explain his [or her] dissertation". Everett Mendelsohn's worldly advice to successive generations of students, whether apocryphal or real, has for over forty years spoken both to the essence of his scholarship, and to the role of the scholar. Possibly no one has done more to establish the history of the life sciences as a recognized university discipline in the United States, and to inspire a critical concern for the ways in which science and technology operate as central features of Western society. This ... Read more
"To earn a degree, every doctoral candidate should go out to Harvard Square, find an audience, and explain his [or her] dissertation". Everett Mendelsohn's worldly advice to successive generations of students, whether apocryphal or real, has for over forty years spoken both to the essence of his scholarship, and to the role of the scholar. Possibly no one has done more to establish the history of the life sciences as a recognized university discipline in the United States, and to inspire a critical concern for the ways in which science and technology operate as central features of Western society. This ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
399
Condition
New
Series
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Number of Pages
399
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402004957
SKU
V9781402004957
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Reviews for Science, History and Social Activism
From the reviews: "Mendelsohn’s work has been multifaceted. … He has made fascinating and path-breaking contributions in the fields of history of biology, genetics and the atomic scientists movement, to name a few. … The series of essays contained here mirrors this extraordinary achievement. Wide-ranging, analytically stimulating and reflective, they demonstrate Mendelsohn’s effect and legacy. ... Read more