Michael Polanyi and his generation : origins of the social construction of science / / Mary Jo Nye.
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| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xxi, 405 p. :; ill., ports. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.