Puritanism and the rise of modern science : the Merton thesis / edited, with an introduction by I. Bernard Cohen with the assistance of K.E. Duffin and Stuart Strickland
New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 1990. 1st edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #388553
ISBN: 0813515297
Physical description; 402 pp.; 24 cm. Contents; Motive forces of the new science (1938) / Robert K. Merton -- Mertonian theses (1974) / Charles C. Gillispie -- Influence of religion on the development of the sciences (1885) / Alphonse de Candolle -- Puritanism and the new philosophy in seventeenth-century England (1935) / Dorothy Stimson -- Advancement of learning and piety (1936) / Richard Foster Jones -- Left-wing Puritanism and science (1944) / George Rosen -- Protestant origin of modern science (1947) / Jean Pelseneer -- Scientific revolution and the Protestant Reformation (1953) / S.F. Mason -- Science and reformation (1956) / R. Hooykaas -- Merton's thesis on English science (1954) / James W. Carroll -- Puritanism and the rise of experimental science in England (1962) / T.K. Rabb -- Merton revisited, or science and society in the seventeenth century (1963) / A. Rupert Hall -- Misunderstanding the Merton thesis : a boundary dispute between history and sociology (1983) / Gary A. Abraham. Puritanism and modern science : a study in the continuity and coherence of sociological research (1985) / Joseph Ben-David -- Charles Webster on Puritanism and science / Harold J. Cook -- Richard Towneley (1629-1707), the Towneley Group, and seventeenth-century science (1966) / Charles Webster -- Puritanism, separatism, and science (1986) / Charles Webster -- Introduction to Samuel Hartlib and the advancement of learning (1970) / Charles Webster -- "Conclusions" to The Great instauration (1976) / Charles Webster -- Puritan world view and the rise of modern science / Charles Webster -- Preface to reprint of Science, technology and society in seventeenth century England (1970) / Robert K. Merton -- Bibliographical postscript to "Puritanism, pietism, and science" (1957) / Robert K. Merton -- STS : foreshadowings of an evolving research program in the sociology of science (1989) / Robert K. Merton. Subjects; Merton, Robert King 1910-2003. Science, technology & society in seventeenth century England. Science Social aspects England History 17th century. Technology. Religion and science History. Medicine.
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