02983nam 2200601Ia 450 991082727580332120200520144314.00-8173-8448-00-585-33680-6(CKB)111004368624106(EBL)835700(OCoLC)772845442(SSID)ssj0000102413(PQKBManifestationID)11622495(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102413(PQKBWorkID)10060100(PQKB)10381708(OCoLC)45843596(MdBmJHUP)muse9076(Au-PeEL)EBL835700(CaPaEBR)ebr10387742(MiAaPQ)EBC835700(EXLCZ)9911100436862410619940816e19941968 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAmerican science in the age of Jackson[electronic resource] /George H. DanielsTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc19941 online resource (306 p.)History of American science and technology seriesOriginally published: New York : Columbia University Press, 1968.0-8173-0740-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-276) and index.Contents; Preface to the 1994 Edition; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Pursuit of Science in America, 1815-1845; 2. The Scientific Profession; 3. The Reign of Bacon in America; 4. The Philosophy in Action; 5. A Deluge of Facts; 6. The Limits of Baconianism: History and the Imponderables; 7. Finalism, Positivism, and Scientific Explanation; 8. The Inductive Process and the Doctrine of Analogy; 9. Science, Theology, and Common Sense; Appendix I. Biographical and Bibliographical Sketches of Fifty-five Leading American Scientists of the Period 1815 to 1845Appendix II. American Scientific Journals, 1771-1849Notes; IndexIn this first effort to define an American scientific community, originally published in 1968, George Daniels has chosen for special study the 56 scientists most published in the 16 scientific journals identified as "national" during the period 1815 to 1845. In this reprint edition, with a new preface and introduction, Daniels shows how American scientists emerged from a disorganized group of amateurs into a professional body sharing a common orientation and common goals.History of American science and technology series.ScienceUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesIntellectual life1783-1865United StatesIntellectual life1865-1918ScienceHistory509.73/09/034Daniels George H32735MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827275803321American science in the age of Jackson3981090UNINA