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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kneeland, Timothy W.

Titel

Introduction

Ist Teil von

• The Routledge History of American Science, 2023, p.1-3

Auflage

1

Ort / Verlag

Routledge

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Why a history of American science? The practical answer is that The Routledge History of American Science will fill a much-needed gap in the history and historiography of American science studies. Although the field is rich with monographs on specific topics, there has been no standard textbook on the history of American science. The closest thing to a textbook has been collections of essays published as Historical Writings on American Science (1986) and Science and the American Century: Readings from "Isis" (2013), which are somewhat dated and of little value for contemporary audiences. This despite the growth in the history of science, which has expanded into new areas and adopted new theories to explain the role of science and its connections to politics, economics, religion, social structures, intellectual history, and art. The ever-increasing number of citations included in Isis' annual "Current Bibliography" is evidence of the growth of the history of American science. This yearly edition is a compendium of citations from across the fields of American science, arrayed by topic that reflect lively and ongoing discussions across academic journals devoted to specific sub-topics of science and highlighted in special issues of Isis or Osiris.