The Sociology of Science: Theoretical and Empirical Investigations

by Robert K. Merton

Book Overview

"The exploration of the social conditions that facilitate or retard the search for scientific knowledge has been the major theme of Robert K. Merton's work for forty years. This collection of papers is] a fascinating overview of this sustained inquiry. . . . There are very few other books in sociology . . . with such meticulous scholarship, or so elegant a style. This collection of papers is, and is likely to remain for a long time, one of the most...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226520927
• ISBN13: 9780226520926
• Release Date: September 1979
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 636 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"