Functions and Uses of Disciplinary Histories (Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook)

by P.Weingart (Editor), WolfLepenies (Editor), Loren Graham (Editor)

• New

  Hardcover
  1983

  $114.86

  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.