History of Science Today, 1. Uniformity as Hidden Diversity
History of Science in the United States, 1920–1940
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9780119 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nathan Reingold (Smithsonian Institution, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 243-262 |
| Publication date | 1986-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal for the History of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0874 • E-ISSN: 1474-001X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0007087400023268 |
| OpenAlex | W2143117272 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 16 |
Between the two World Wars an extensive body of writings appeared in the United States explicitly or implicitly on the historical development of the sciences. I am not referring to the vast literature of popularization in magazines and newspapers but to substantial works, often in book form, coming from various intellectual and scholarly traditions. Only a few examples are classifiable by later standards as professional history of science. Following Arnold Thackray, one can designate some authors as ‘proto-historians’ of science. Most of the writings, including those of the ‘proto-historians,’ have distinctive attributes: methods, attitudes and goals, reflecting traditions other than professional history of science or even the general history exemplified by the American Historical Association's membership of that era. What follows is a bird's eye view of a past of interest for its own sake and for clues about the professionalization of history of science after 1950
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.2 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2023 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |