The Politics and Rhetoric of Scientific Method: Historical Studies

by Richard Yeo

The institutionalization of History and Philosophy of Science as a distinct field of scholarly endeavour began comparatively earl- though not always under that name - in the Australasian region. An initial lecturing appointment was made at the University of Melbourne immediately after the Second World War, in 1946, and other appoint- ments followed as the subject underwent an expansion during the 1950s and 1960s similar to that which took place in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027721521
• ISBN13: 9789027721525
• Release Date: April 1986
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.6"