LEADER 02983nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910778983803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8448-0 010 $a0-585-33680-6 035 $a(CKB)111004368624106 035 $a(EBL)835700 035 $a(OCoLC)772845442 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000102413 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11622495 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102413 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10060100 035 $a(PQKB)10381708 035 $a(OCoLC)45843596 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9076 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL835700 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10387742 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC835700 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004368624106 100 $a19940816e19941968 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerican science in the age of Jackson$b[electronic resource] /$fGeorge H. Daniels 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc1994 215 $a1 online resource (306 p.) 225 1 $aHistory of American science and technology series 300 $aOriginally published: New York : Columbia University Press, 1968. 311 $a0-8173-0740-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [233]-276) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 1845 327 $aAppendix II. American Scientific Journals, 1771-1849Notes; Index 330 $aIn this first effort to define an American scientific community, originally published in 1968, George Daniels has chosen for special study the 56 scientists most published in the 16 scientific journals identified as "national" during the period 1815 to 1845. In this reprint edition, with a new preface and introduction, Daniels shows how American scientists emerged from a disorganized group of amateurs into a professional body sharing a common orientation and common goals. 410 0$aHistory of American science and technology series. 606 $aScience$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aUnited States$xIntellectual life$y1783-1865 607 $aUnited States$xIntellectual life$y1865-1918 615 0$aScience$xHistory 676 $a509.73/09/034 700 $aDaniels$b George H$032735 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778983803321 996 $aAmerican science in the age of Jackson$93869135 997 $aUNINA