Functions and Uses of Disciplinary Histories

by Peter Weingart, Wolf Lepenies, Loren R. Graham

Book Overview

Edward Gibbon's allegation at the beginning of his Essay on the Study of Literature (1764) that the history of empires is that of the miseries of humankind whereas the history of the sciences is that of their splendour and happiness has for a long time been accepted by professional scientists and by historians of science alike. For its practitioner, the history of a discipline displayed above all the always difficult but fmally rewarding approach...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027715203
• ISBN13: 9789027715203
• Release Date: July 1983
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"