As an academic field, history of science began with the publication of William Whewell's History of the Inductive Sciences (first published in 1837). A more formal study of the history of science as an independent discipline was launched by George Sarton's publications, Introduction to the History of Science (1927) and the Isis journal (founded in 1912). Sarton exemplified the early 20th-century view of the history of science as the history of great men and great ideas. He shared with many of his contemporaries a Whiggish belief in history as a record of the advances and delays in the march of progress. The history of science was not a recognized subfield of American history in this period, and most of the work was carried out by interested scientists and physicians rather than professional historians. With the work of I. Bernard Cohen at Harvard, the history of science became an established subdiscipline of history after 1945. COUNT 5
QSN1 What text is the foundation of the study of the history of science? ANS1 History of the Inductive Sciences QSN2 Who wrote a more professional version of History of the Inductive Sciences? ANS2 George Sarton's QSN3 What was the history of science during the 20th century? ANS3 the history of great men and great ideas QSN4 How could Sarton's ideas be described? ANS4 Whiggish QSN5 Who studied the history of science? ANS5 interested scientists and physicians