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Darrera modificació: 2009-02-11
Bases de dades: Sciència.cat
Pyenson, Lewis, The Passion of George Sarton: A Modern Marriage and Its Discipline, Philadelphia, American Philosophical Society (Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, 260), 2007, xlvi + 495 pp., il.
- Resum
- George Sarton animated the discipline of history of science in America. This monograph, the first full-length study of Sarton’s life and work, traces his youth and education in Ghent, Belgium, and his stormy marriage to the talented English artist Mabel Elwes. It follows George and Mabel Sarton in their path from idealistic refugees fleeing the invasion of Belgium in 1914 to destitute intellectuals at Harvard University. For half a century, history of science as an academic specialty owed much to George Sarton’s visions and anxieties, especially as they were expressed in his marriage. Mabel Sarton sustained his enterprise and contributed to its form, which included parts of socialism, pacifism, aesthetics, and faith. Current themes present in George Sarton’s early work include the common endeavor of artists and scientists, the private nature of scientific innovation, and the history of science as a bridge between the cultures of the humanities and the natural sciences.
- Matèries
- Història de la ciència
Biografia
Bibliografia
- Notes
- Fitxa de l'editor: http://www.aps-pub.com/memoirs.htm
Un extracte a: http://www.sartonchair.ugent.be/en/sarton/biography
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