Puritanism and the Rise of Modern Science: The Merton Thesis - Softcover

 
9780813515304: Puritanism and the Rise of Modern Science: The Merton Thesis

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Fifty years ago, Robert K. Merton published 'Science, Technology and Society in Seventeenth Century England,' demonstrating quantitatively that Puritans and other ascetic Protestants were disproportionately well represented among the new scientific community of England. He argued that, for these scientists, the Puritan ethic 'was at once a direct expression of dominant values and an independent source of new motivation.' The Merton Thesis, as it has become known, about the role of religious values in science provoked great discussion among historians and sociologists of science and religion, and the debate continues today.

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ISBN 10:  0813515297 ISBN 13:  9780813515298
Verlag: Rutgers University Press, 1990
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