Passion of George Sarton: A Modern Marriage and Its Discipline, Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 260)

Pyenson, Lewis

ISBN 10: 0871692600 / ISBN 13: 9780871692603

Verlag: American Philosophical Society Press, 2006

Former library book; Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G0871692600I4N11

Inhaltsangabe:

George Sarton animated the discipline of history of science (HoS) in America. This vol. traces his youth & educ. in Belgium, & his marriage to Mabel Elwes. It follows the Sarton’s in their path from idealistic refugees fleeing the invasion of Belgium in 1914 to destitute intellectuals at Harvard Univ. For 50 years, HoS as an acad. specialty owed much to Sarton’s visions & anxieties, esp. as they were expressed in his marriage. Mabel Sarton sustained his enterprise & contributed to its form, which included parts of socialism, pacifism, aesthetics, & faith. Themes present in Sarton’s early work include the common endeavor of artists & scientists, the private nature of scientific innovation, & the HoS as a bridge between the humanities & the natural sciences. Illus.

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Titel: Passion of George Sarton: A Modern Marriage ...
Verlag: American Philosophical Society Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket