Interactions: Some Contacts Between the Natural Sciences and the Social Sciences

by I. Bernard Cohen

One of the fruits of the scientific revolution was the idea of a social science - a science of government, of individual behaviour, and of society - that would operate in ways comparable to the newly triumphant natural sciences. Thus was set in motion a long and often convoluted chain of two-way interactions that still have implications for both scholarship and public policy. This text, by the dean of American historians of science, offers a historical perspective on these interactions.

204 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1994