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@article{citeulike:3812996, abstract = {History of science has developed into a methodologically diverse discipline, adding greatly to our understanding of the interplay between science, society, and culture. Along the way, one original impetus for the then newly emerging discipline--what George Sarton called the perspective "from the point of view of the scientist"--dropped out of fashion. This essay shows, by means of several examples, that reclaiming this interaction between science and history of science yields interesting perspectives and new insights for both science and history of science. The authors consequently suggest that historians of science also adopt this perspective as part of their methodological repertoire.}, author = {Maienschein, J. and Laubichler, M. and Loettgers, A.}, citeulike-article-id = {3812996}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18702403}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18702403}, issn = {0021-1753}, journal = {Isis; an international review devoted to the history of science and its cultural influences}, keywords = {historiography, history, science-studies}, month = {June}, number = {2}, pages = {341--349}, posted-at = {2008-12-20 04:11:01}, priority = {2}, title = {How can history of science matter to scientists?}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18702403}, volume = {99}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3812996 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3812996 N2 - History of science has developed into a methodologically diverse discipline, adding greatly to our understanding of the interplay between science, society, and culture. Along the way, one original impetus for the then newly emerging discipline--what George Sarton called the perspective "from the point of view of the scientist"--dropped out of fashion. This essay shows, by means of several examples, that reclaiming this interaction between science and history of science yields interesting perspectives and new insights for both science and history of science. The authors consequently suggest that historians of science also adopt this perspective as part of their methodological repertoire. IS - 2 JF - Isis; an international review devoted to the history of science and its cultural influences SN - 0021-1753 EP - 349 TI - How can history of science matter to scientists? VL - 99 SP - 341 KW - historiography KW - history KW - science-studies AU - Maienschein, J AU - Laubichler, M AU - Loettgers, A PY - 2008/06// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18702403 ER -