Relocating the History of Science

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Introduction

   • Ana Simões, Theodore Arabatzis, Jürgen Renn

   Pages 1-5

3. History of Modern Physical Sciences

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

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   2. Louis Paul Cailletet, the Liquefaction of Oxygen and the Emergence of an ‘In-Between Discipline’: Low-Temperature Research

      • Faidra Papanelopoulou

      Pages 9-22

   3. Lindemann and Einstein: The Oxford Connexion

      • Robert Fox

      Pages 23-31

   4. Einstein and Hilbert

      • John Stachel

      Pages 33-39

   5. Quantum Chemistry and the Quantum Revolution

      • Sam Schweber, Gal BenPorat

      Pages 41-66

4. STEP Matters

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67

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   2. Centers and Peripheries Revisited: STEP and the Mainstream Historiography of Science

      • Agustí Nieto-Galan

      Pages 69-84

   3. At the Center and the Periphery: Joseph Pitton de Tournefort Botanizes in Crete

      • Lorraine Daston

      Pages 85-98

   4. Boscovich in Britain

      • J. L. Heilbron

      Pages 99-116

   5. Neo-Hellenic Enlightenment: In Search of a European Identity

      • Manolis Patiniotis

      Pages 117-130

   6. The Non-introduction of Low-Temperature Physics in Spain: Julio Palacios and Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

      • José M. Sánchez-Ron

      Pages 131-157

   7. Beyond Borders in the History of Science Education

      • José Ramón Bertomeu-Sánchez

      Pages 159-173

5. History and Philosophy of Science

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175

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   2. Probable Reasoning and Its Novelties

      • Ian Hacking

      Pages 177-192

   3. Reductionism and the Relation Between Chemistry and Physics

      • Hasok Chang

      Pages 193-209

   4. The Internal-External Distinction Sheds Light on the History of the Twentieth-Century Philosophy of Science

      • Gürol Irzik

      Pages 211-223

   5. Concepts Out of Theoretical Contexts

      • Theodore Arabatzis, Nancy J. Nersessian

      Pages 225-238

6. Historiographical Musings

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 239-239

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This volume is put together in honor of a distinguished historian of science, Kostas Gavroglu, whose work has won international acclaim, and has been pivotal in establishing the discipline of history of science in Greece, its consolidation in other countries of the European Periphery, and the constructive dialogue of these emerging communities with an extended community of international scholars.

The papers in the volume reflect Gavroglu’s broad range of intellectual interests and touch upon significant themes in recent history and philosophy of science. They include topics in the history of modern physical sciences, science and technology in the European periphery, integrated history and philosophy of science, historiographical considerations, and intersections with the history of mathematics, technology and contemporary issues. They are authored by eminent scholars whose academic and personal trajectories crossed with Gavroglu’s.

The book will interest historians and philosophers of science and technology alike, as well as science studies scholars, and generally readers interested in the role of the sciences in the past in various geographical contexts.

• Application and Extension of Scientific Concepts
• Globalization of Knowledge
• History of Quantum Chemistry and Low-temperature Physics
• Integration of History and Philosophy of Science
• Kostas Gavroglu
• Politics and Commercialization of Science
• Public Understanding of Science
• Relationship between Chemistry in the 19th & 20th Centuries
• Relationship between Physics in the 19th & 20th Centuries
• Science and Technology in the European Periphery
• Science in the Enlightenment
• Scientific Biographies
• Styles of Scientific Reasoning

“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)

• Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

  Theodore Arabatzis

• Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, Germany

  Jürgen Renn

• Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e Tecnologia (CIUHCT), Faculdade de Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

  Ana Simões