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The scientific enterprise in America : readings from Isis / edited by Ronald L. Numbers and Charles E. Rosenberg.
LIBRA Q127.U6 S34 1996
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--United States--History--19th century.
- Science.
- Science--United States--History--20th century.
- Science--United States--Forecasting.
- Isis.
- Forecasting.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 342 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1996]
- Summary:
- This collection of sixteen essays on the history of science in America ranges chronologically from the early nineteenth century to the present. The essays reflect the ever-broadening scope of the discipline: from the pursuit of science in elite academic, industrial, and governmental settings to science at home and in the movies. Such timely issues as women and science, the ethics of science, and the bomb are examined. Contributions include Sally Gregory Kohlstedt, "Parlors, Primers, and Public Schooling: Education for Science in Nineteenth-Century America;" Margaret Rossiter, "'Women's Work' in Science, 1880-1910;" Philip J. Pauly, "The Development of High School Biology: New York City, 1900-1925;" Susan E. Lederer, "Political Animals: The Shaping of Biomedical Research Literature in Twentieth-Century America;" Stanley Goldberg, "Inventing a Climate of Opinion: Vannevar Bush and the Decision to Build the Bomb;" Daniel J. Kevles, "The National Science Foundation and the Debate over Postwar Research Policy, 1942-1945: A Political Interpretation of Science: The Endless Frontier ;" David A. Hollinger, "Science as a Weapon in Kulturkämpfe in the United States During and After World War II;" and others. These essays originally were published in Isis, a publication of the History of Science Society.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0226608379
- 0226608387
- OCLC:
- 33440270
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