Suffering for science: reason and sacrifice in modern america
Auteur :
Herzig, Rebecca
Éditeur :
Rutgers University Press
ISBN :
9780813539515
Date de publication :
21 juil. 2006
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
312 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Explores the rise of an ethic of self-sacrifice in American science. This work describes when and how science came to rely on an investigator willing to embrace toil, danger, and even lethal dismemberment. It examines the suffering scientist as a way to understand the transformation of American life between the Civil War and World War I.