No other gods
Subtitle: on science and American social thought
By: Charles E. Rosenberg.
Edition: Rev. and expanded ed.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
Subjects: Science -- United States -- History.; Science -- Social aspects -- United States.; United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918.
Description: "In its original edition, [this book] offered a pioneering and influential examination of the ways in which social institutions and values shaped American scientific practice and thought. In this revised and expanded edition, Rosenberg directs our attention to the dilemma posed by the social study of science: How can we reconcile the scientist's understanding of science as a quest for truth and knowledge with the historian's conviction that all knowledge bears the marks of the culture which gave it birth?"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-305) and index.