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.