TY - BOOK AU - Nye,Mary Jo ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - Michael Polanyi and his generation: origins of the social construction of science AV - B945.P584 N94 2011 U1 - 192 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Chicago, London PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Polanyi, Michael, KW - Jewish scientists KW - Hungary KW - Intellectual life KW - Germany KW - Science KW - Philosophy KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Social aspects KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=767538 ER -