Relocating the History of Science

PART I: HISTORY OF MODERN PHYSICAL SCIENCES.- Chapter 1: Louis Paul Cailletet, the Liquefaction of Oxygen and the Emergence of an 'In-between Discipline': Low-temperature Research; Faidra Papanelopoulou.- Chapter 2: Lindemann and Einstein: The Oxford Connexion; Robert Fox.- Chapter 3: Einstein and Hilbert; John Stachel.- Chapter 4: Quantum Chemistry and the Quantum Revolution; Sylvan Schweber and Gal BenPorat.- PART II: STEP MATTERS.- Chapter 5: Centres and Peripheries Revisited: STEP and the Mainstream Historiography of Science; Agusti Nieto-Galan.- Chapter 6: At the Center and the Periphery: Joseph Pitton de Tournefort Botanizes in Crete; Lorraine Daston.- Chapter 7: Boscovich in Britain; John Heilbron.- Chapter 8: Neo-Hellenic Enlightenment: In Search of a European Identity; Manolis Patiniotis.- Chapter 9: The Non-introduction of Low-temperature Physics in Spain: Julio Palacios and Heike Kamerlingh Onnes; Jose Manuel Sanchez Ron.- Chapter 10: Beyond Borders in the History of Science Education; Jose Ramon Bertomeu Sanchez.- PART III: HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE.- Chapter 11: Probable Reasoning and Its Novelties; Ian Hacking.- Chapter 12: Reductionism and the Relation between Chemistry and Physics; Hasok Chang.- Chapter 13: The Internal-External Sistinction Sheds Light on the History of the Twentieth-century Philosophy of Science; Gürol Irzik.- Chapter 14: Concepts out of Theoretical Contexts; Theodore Arabatzis and Nancy Nersessian.- PART IV: HISTORIOGRAPHICAL MUSINGS.- Chapter 15: Globalization of Knowledge in History and its Normative Challenges; Jürgen Renn.- Chapter 16: The Global and the Local in the Study of the Humanities; Rivka Feldhay.- Chapter 17: On Scientific Biography and Biographies of Scientists; Helge Kragh.- Chapter 18: Biography and the History of Science; Mary Jo Nye.- Chapter 19: Different Undertakings, Common Practices: Some Directions for the History of Science; Ana Simões.- PART V: BEYOND HISTORY OF SCIENCE: MATHEMATICS, TECHNOLOGYAND

Professor Jürgen Renn is director at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. His research focuses primarily on the emergence of mechanics in antiquity, the interaction between practical and theoretical knowledge since the Renaissance, the transition from classical to modern physics, the development of the theory of relativity, and the application of new media to the history of science. Professor Renn was coordinator of the exhibition 'Albert Einstein - Chief Engineer of the Universe' 2005 in Berlin.

"This volume has something for everyone: science education, modern physics and chemistry, philosophy of science, historiography, technology - the list goes on. ... I found Relocating the History of Science to be interesting and on the whole fruitful ... . Relocating the Sciences is worth perusing, even if one is not familiar with Kostas Gavroglu's work. The number and calibre of the scholars contributing to this volume make it worth the time to look more closely into it." (Kostas Tampakis, British Journal for the History of Science, Vol. 49 (4), 2016)