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The Launching of Modern American Science, 1846–1876

Robert V. Bruce

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The Launching of Modern American Science, 1846–1876

The Launching of Modern American Science, 1846–1876 won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize in History. For readers born since the 1930's, who have grown up assuming the United States leads the world in science, The Launching of Modern American Science 1846-1876 will come as something of a shock. It shows that little over a century ago the American scientific community was small, mediocre and unpromising. Mr. Bruce has performed an invaluable service in retrieving from numerous archives the letters and diaries of mid-19th-century American scientists, in which both the well-known ones and the obscure describe their assimilation of the scientific ethos — their discovery of the fascination of lab work, their contempt for charlatanism, their dreams for the future of American science. He has done extensive archival research as well as detailed analyses of scientists and technologists listed in the Dictionary of American Biography, and has provided a wealth of information on the people and institutions of mid-19th-century American science.

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Publisher
Plunkett Lake Press
Year
2022
ISBN-13
9780394553948
Genre
History
Topics
History of American science19th-century scientific institutionsProfessionalization of science

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