Article ID: CBB100969947

Representing scale: What should be special about the heritage of mass science? (2016)

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This symposium marks the achievement of a transformation in the history of science. Whereas in the 1960s, the study of modern developments was marginal to the field, it has now become a key part of the discipline's central concerns. The contrast between this conference and a 1960 symposium is illuminating. The paper reflects on the tensions over the future direction of the discipline expressed at the 1974 semi-centenary conference of the History of Science Society. Today, genomics with its vast demand for resources and its challenges to traditional boundaries is not untypical of a wide range of scientific activities. Its study can serve as a pioneering case study interesting for itself and important for a wider understanding of science. Papers at this meeting show the implications for the understanding of methods, appropriate targets of study, the interpretation of images and the preservation of archives.

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Authors & Contributors
Seeman, Jeffrey I.
Dagg, Joachim
Heidenblad, David Larsson
Wehrheim, Lino
Merchant, Paul
Buchner, Michael
Concepts
Historical method
History of science, as a discipline
Historiography
Chemistry
Historians of science, modern
Oral history
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
Early modern
20th century
19th century
18th century
Places
China
Sweden
Germany
Institutions
Science History Institute (SHI)
American Chemical Society
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