Michael Polanyi and his generation origins of the social construction of science

Michael Polanyi and his generation : origins of the social construction of science / Mary Jo Nye.

Author/creator	Nye, Mary Jo.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press,
Description	xxi, 405 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Polanyi, Michael, 1891-1976--Influence. Polanyi, Michael, 1891-1976--Friends and associates. Jewish scientists--Hungary --Intellectual life. Jewish scientists--Germany --Intellectual life. Science--Philosophy --History --20th century. Science--Social aspects.

Contents	Scientific culture in Europe and the refugee generation -- Germany and Weimar Berlin as the City of Science -- Origins of a social perspective: doing physical chemistry in Weimar Berlin -- Chemical dynamics and social dynamics in Berlin and Manchester -- Liberalism and the economic foundations of the "Republic of Science" -- Scientific freedom and the social functions of science -- Political foundations of the philosophies of science of Popper, Kuhn, and Polanyi -- Personal knowledge: argument, audiences, and sociological engagement -- Epilogue: SSK, scientific constructivism, and the paradoxical legacy of Polanyi and the 1930s generation.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-392) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2011003356
ISBN	9780226610634 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0226610632 (cloth : alk. paper)

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