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Perspectives on the Emergence of Scientific Disciplines /

Perspectives on the Emergence of Scientific Disciplines / ed. by Gerard Lemaine, Michael Mulkay, Peter Weingart, Roy Macleod. - Reprint 2012 - 1 online resource (281 p.) : Num. figs. and tabs. - Publications de la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme ; 4 .

i-vi -- Contents -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION: Problems in the Emergence of New Disciplines -- Part 1: Studies of Scientific Development -- The Origins and Structure of Agricultural Chemistry -- Du Centenaire d'une Discipline Nouvelle: la Thermodynamique -- The Case of Physical Chemistry -- The Emergence of Tropical Medicine: a Study in the Establishment of a Scientific Specialty -- La Biophysique en France: Critique de la Notion de Discipline Scientifique -- The Development of Specialties in Science: the Case of X-ray Protein Crystallography -- Cognitive, Technical and Social Factors in the Growth of Radio Astronomy -- The Development of Science and Scientific Knowledge: the Case of Radar Meteor Research -- Part 2: Theory and Method in the Study of New Disciplines -- Methodology in the Sociology of Science: Some Reflections on the Study of Radio Astronomy -- Theories and Methods in the Sociology of Science: an Interpretative Approach -- The Identification and Definition of Scientific Collectivities -- Resistance and Receptivity of Science to External Direction: the Emergence of New Disciplines under the Impact of Science Policy -- Index of Persons

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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9789027977434 9783110819038

10.1515/9783110819038 doi


Classification of sciences.
Research.
Science--Social aspects.
Disziplin ‹Wissenschaft›.
PHILOSOPHY / General.

Q177 / .P37

501/.41