Positioning the History of Science
The present volume, compiled in honor of an outstanding historian of science, physicist and exceptional human being, Sam Schweber, is unique in assembling a broad spectrum of positions on the history of science by some of its leading representatives. Read
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BOSTON STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Editors ROBERT S. COHEN, Boston University JÜRGEN RENN, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science KOSTAS GAVROGLU, University of Athens
Editorial Advisory Board THOMAS F. GLICK, Boston University ADOLF GRÜNBAUM, University of Pittsburgh SYLVAN S. SCHWEBER, Brandeis University JOHN J. STACHEL, Boston University MARX W. WARTOFSKY†, (Editor 1960–1997)
VOLUME 248
POSITIONING THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE Edited by
Kostas Gavroglu, University of Athens, Greece
and
Jürgen Renn Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany
A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.
ISBN-10 ISBN-10 ISBN-13 ISBN-13
1-4020-5419-X (HB) 1-4020-5420-3 (e-book) 978-1-4020-5419-8 (HB) 978-1-4020-5420-4 (e-book)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Positioning the History of Science Kostas Gavroglu and Jürgen Renn
1
Big History? Babak Ashrafi
7
Suggestions for the Study of Science Stephen G. Brush
13
Will Einstein Still be the Super-Hero of Physics History in 2050? Tian Yu Cao
27
For a History of Knowledge Olivier Darrigol
33
Working in Parallel, Working Together Lorraine Daston
35
Challenges in Writing About Twentieth Century East Asian Physicists Dong-Won Kim (Jhu)
39
Why Should Scientists Become Historians? Raphael Falk and Ruma Falk
43
From the Social to the Moral to the Spiritual: The Postmodern Exaltation of the History of Science Paul Forman
49
Between Science and History Evelyn Fox Keller
57
The Search for Autonomy in History of Science Yves Gingras
61
Without Parallels?: Averting a Schweberian Dystopia Michael D. Gordin
65
The Intellectual Strengths of Pluralism and Diversity Loren Graham
69
On Connoisseurship John L. Heilbron
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Concerning Energy Steve Joshua Heims
77
Reflections on a Discipline Erwin N. Hiebert
87
The Woman in Einstein’s Shadow Gerald Holton
95
The Mutual Embrace: Institutions and Epistemology David Kaiser
99
History, Science, and History of Science Helge Kragh
105
Parallel Lives and The History of Science Mary Jo Nye
109
Discarding Dichotomies, Creating Community: Sam Schweber and Darwin Studies Diane B. Paul and John Beatty
113
Public Participation and Industrial Technoscience Today: The difficult question of accountability Dominique Pestre
119
The Character of Truth Joan Richards
135
Schweber, Physicist, Historian and Moral Example José M. Sánchez-Ron
139
What’s New in Science? Terry Shinn
143
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