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The Sisyphean Fate of History of Science Unmoved Scientists, Unresponsive Bureaucrats, Unimpressed Politicians (2022)

Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Volume: 64
Issue: 4
Pages: 809-828
Publication date: 2022
Language: English

DOI: 10.1484/J.CNT.5.133514

URI: https://www.brepolsonline.net/doi/abs/10.1484/J.CNT.5.133514

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2020 Gustav Neuenschwander Prize Lecture. A number of issues related to the challenges menacing the future of history of science are discussed. It has become increasingly more difficult to engage scientists in the ways historians of science deal with their subjects, while at the same time the implicit historiography of science textbooks has created an ideology among scientists that makes such engagement even more strenuous. An additional complication is the deep belief of many scientists in anachronism. Another threatening prospect is the instrumentalist view held by funding bodies whereby the social sciences and humanities have to explore ways in which they can respond successfully to societal needs.

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