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
192
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
192