George Sarton (1884–1956)
Auteur de Ancient Science through the Golden Age of Greece
A propos de l'auteur
George Sarton is generally considered the founder of the history of science as a scholarly discipline. He studied chemistry, celestial mechanics, and mathematics at the University of Ghent, where he earned a Ph.D. in mathematics (1911). In 1912, while still a resident of his native Belgium, he afficher plus founded Isis, a "review dedicated to the history of science." Sarton immigrated to the United States in 1915, assuming a research position in the Widener Library at Harvard University in 1916. He remained at Harvard for the rest of his life, becoming a lecturer in 1920 and founding the History of Science Society in 1924. In 1940 Sarton was appointed professor of the history of science. Sarton also established the new discipline by example, writing more than 300 books, articles, and essays on ancient and medieval science; on early historians of the exact sciences, such as Jean Etienne Montucla (1725--99); and on the development of physics in the twentieth century. He nurtured his encyclopedic approach to the history of science, which he coupled to a broad vision of its potential contribution to what he called the "New Humanism," by editing Isis for almost four decades and compiling nearly 80 critical bibliographies. In published lectures and guides to the history of science, such as his Study of the History of Science (1936) and Guide to the History of Science (1952), as well as the editorial work for Isis, Sarton defined this emerging discipline while actively promoting teaching and research. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Séries
Œuvres de George Sarton
The Appreciation of Ancient and Medieval Science During the Renaissance (1450-1600) (1955) 37 exemplaires
The study of the history of mathematics, and The study of the history of science (1936) 25 exemplaires
A Guide to the History of Science: A First Guide for the Study of the History of Science with Introductory Essays on… 9 exemplaires
Sarton on the history of science, essays 5 exemplaires
Galen of Pergamon (Logan Clendening lectures on the history and philosophy of medicine) (1954) 5 exemplaires
A History of Science. Vol. 2. Hellenistic science and culture in the last three centuries B.C. 2 exemplaires
The Incubation of Western Culture in the Middle East: A George C. Keiser Foundation lecture delivered by George Sarton… 2 exemplaires
Six Wings 1 exemplaire
A History of Science Volume Two 1 exemplaire
Seis Alas 1 exemplaire
Ciencia antigua y civilización moderna 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Near Eastern Culture and Society: A Symposium on the Meeting of East and West (1951) — Contributeur — 17 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1884-08-31
- Date de décès
- 1956-03-22
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Belgium
USA - Lieu de naissance
- Ghent, Belgium
- Lieu du décès
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Belgium
England, UK
USA - Études
- University of Ghent (PhD)
- Professions
- chemist
historian - Relations
- Sarton, May (daughter)
- Organisations
- Harvard University
- Prix et distinctions
- George Sarton Medal (named in his honor)
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 40
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 502
- Popularité
- #49,320
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 30
- Langues
- 2