The Social Origins of Modern Science

Here,forthefirsttime,isasinglevolumeinEnglishthatcontainsalltheimportanthistoricalessaysEdgarZilsel(1891-1944)publishedduringWWIIontheemergenceofmodernscience.Italsocontainsonepreviouslyunpublishedessayandanextendedversionofanessaypublishedearlier.Thisvolumeisuniqueinitswell-articulatedsocialperspectiveontheoriginsofmodernscienceandisofmajorinteresttostudentsinearlymodernsocialhistory/historyofscience,professionalphilosophers,historians,andsociologistsofscience.