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I. Bernard Cohen : Puritanism and the Rise of Modern Science: The Merton Thesis
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Author: I. Bernard Cohen
Title: Puritanism and the Rise of Modern Science: The Merton Thesis
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Published in: English
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 402
Date: 1990-08-01
ISBN: 0813515300
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Weight: 1.55 pounds
Size: 6.0 x 9.0 x 1.0 inches
Edition: 1st
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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.

Includes Appendix and Index.
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