Michael Polanyi and his generation origins of the social construction of science /

Nye, Mary Jo.

Michael Polanyi and his generation origins of the social construction of science / [electronic resource] : Mary Jo Nye. - Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2011. - xxi, 405 p. : ill., ports.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Scientific culture in Europe and the refugee generation -- Germany and Weimar Berlin as the City of Science -- Origins of a social perspective: doing physical chemistry in Weimar Berlin -- Chemical dynamics and social dynamics in Berlin and Manchester -- Liberalism and the economic foundations of the "Republic of Science" -- Scientific freedom and the social functions of science -- Political foundations of the philosophies of science of Popper, Kuhn, and Polanyi -- Personal knowledge: argument, audiences, and sociological engagement -- Epilogue: SSK, scientific constructivism, and the paradoxical legacy of Polanyi and the 1930s generation.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780226610658 (electronic bk.)




Polanyi, Michael, 1891-1976 --Influence.
Polanyi, Michael, 1891-1976 --Friends and associates.


Jewish scientists--Intellectual life.--Hungary
Jewish scientists--Intellectual life.--Germany
Science--Philosophy--History--20th century.
Science--Social aspects.


Electronic books.

B945.P584 / N94 2011

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