Smoother Pebbles : Essays in the Sociology of Science / Jonathan R. Cole.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cole, Jonathan R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Academic freedom--Social aspects--United States.

Academic freedom.

Education, Higher--Social aspects--United States.

Education, Higher.

Science--Social aspects--United States.

Science.

Women in science--Social aspects--United States.

Women in science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (678 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2024]

Summary:

Smoother Pebbles presents a collection of essays authored or coauthored by Jonathan R. Cole, a leading Columbia Program figure, that trace the development and institutionalization of the sociology of science.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I. Values and Rewards in Science

1. Scientific Output and Recognition: A Study in the Operation of the Reward System in Science (1967), by Stephen Cole and Jonathan R. Cole

2. Visibility and Structural Bases of Awareness in Science (1968), by Stephen Cole and Jonathan R. Cole

3. Patterns of Intellectual Influence in Scientific Research (1970), by Jonathan R. Cole

4. Measuring the Quality of Sociological Research: Problems in the Use of the Science Citation Index (1971), by Jonathan R. Cole and Stephen Cole

5. The Emergence of a Scientific Specialty: The Self-Exemplifying Case of the Sociology of Science (1975), by Jonathan R. Cole and Harriet Zuckerman

6. The Reputations of American Medical Schools (1977), by Jonathan R. Cole and James Lipton

7. Age and Scientific Performance (1979), by Stephen Cole

8. Balancing Acts: Dilemmas of Choice Facing Research Universities (1993), by Jonathan R. Cole

9. Robert K. Merton, 1910-2003 (2004), by Jonathan R. Cole

10. Why Elite-College Admissions Need an Overhaul (2016), by Jonathan R. Cole

11. The Pillaging of America's State Universities (2016), by Jonathan R. Cole

Part II. Freedom and Unfreedom: The Case of Women in Science

12. Women in American Science (1975), by Jonathan R. Cole and Harriet Zuckerman

13. Women in Science (1981), by Jonathan R. Cole

14. The Productivity Puzzle: Persistence and Change in Patterns of Publication of Men and Women Scientists (1984), by Jonathan R. Cole and Harriet Zuckerman

15. Marriage, Motherhood, and Research Performance in Science (1987), by Jonathan R. Cole and Harriet Zuckerman

16. A Theory of Limited Differences: Explaining the Productivity Puzzle in Science (1991), by Jonathan R. Cole and Burton Singer.

17. Freedom Gained and Freedom Lost in American Science (2022), by Jonathan R. Cole and Daria Franklin

Part III. Consensus in Science: Judgment and Choices

18. Peer Review and the Support of Science (1972), by Jonathan R. Cole, Stephen Cole, and Leonard Rubin

19. The "Ortega" Hypothesis (1972), by Jonathan R. Cole and Stephen Cole

20. Chance and Consensus in Peer Review (1981), by Stephen Cole, Jonathan R. Cole, and Gary Simon

21. NSF Peer Review Continued (1982), by Stephen Cole, Jonathan R. Cole, and Gary A. Simon

22. Experts' Consensus and Decision-Making at the National Science Foundation (1985), by Jonathan R. Cole and Stephen Cole

23. Testing the Ortega Hypothesis: Milestone or Millstone? (1987), by Stephen Cole and Jonathan R. Cole

24. Dietary Cholesterol and Heart Disease: The Construction of a Medical "Fact" (1988), by Jonathan R. Cole

25. Two Cultures Revisited (1996), by Jonathan R. Cole

26. Intellectual Diversity in the United States: To What End? (2006), by Jonathan R. Cole

Part IV. Academic Freedom and Free Inquiry: The Enabling Value

27. The Patriot Act on Campus: Defending the University after 9/11 (2003), by Jonathan R. Cole

28. Academic Freedom under Fire (2005), by Jonathan R. Cole

29. The New McCarthyism (2005), by Jonathan R. Cole

30. Defending Academic Freedom and Free Inquiry (2009), by Jonathan R. Cole

31. The Chilling Effect of Fear at America's Colleges (2016), by Jonathan R. Cole

32. The Triumph of America's Research University (2016), by Jonathan R. Cole

33. Academic Freedom as an Indicator of a Liberal Democracy (2017), by Jonathan R. Cole

34. Academic Freedom under Fire (2021), by Jonathan R. Cole

Index.

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ISBN:

9780231559478

023155947X

OCLC:

1428260649