Training and the Generalist's Vision in the History of Science
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3501737 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Kaiser (0000-0002-5054-6744, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 96 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 244-251 |
| Publication date | 2005-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Isis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-1753 • E-ISSN: 1545-6994 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/431536 |
| PMID | 16170925 |
| OpenAlex | W1996711474 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 7 |
Commentators have often complained about specialization in the history of science. This essay discusses recent intellectual trends within our discipline in the light of significant changes in graduate training: both a relatively recent consensus as to the types of sources that are appropriate to analyze in a dissertation and the tremendous growth in the number of new dissertations completed each year in our field. It suggests that this kind of focus on pedagogical concerns provides useful analytic tools for historians investigating other fields in various times and places
Biology · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Focus (optics · Generalist and specialist species · Geography · Graduate students · History of science · Pedagogy · Sociology · Training (meteorology · Ecology · Engineering · History of Science and Natural History · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Twentieth Century Scientific Developments
The evolution of social-ecological systems (SES) research
The history of science, the ‘big picture’ and the politics of scale
Microstudies versus big picture accounts
New straw for the old broom
Introduction
Summary of The History Manifesto
Clocks to Computers
Women, Gender, and Utopia
Instrumentos, objetos e coleções como fontes para a história do ensino das ciências
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,45 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2024 (19) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |