Sage : a life of J.D. Bernal / Maurice Goldsmith.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Hutchinson & Co. Publishers Ltd. 1980.Description: 256 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 009139550X :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530/.092/4 B 19
LOC classification:
  • QC 16.B457 G64 1980
Contents:
1. Beginnings -- 2. Development -- 3. Future perfect -- 4. Soviet challenge -- 5. Commitment decade -- 6. Blast and counterblast -- 7. Days of fulfillment -- 8. Science Internationale -- 9. Science in policy -- 10. Pursuit of the possible -- 11. Sordid affairs -- 12. Science in history -- 13. Speculation and holism -- 14. Endings.
Summary: "The figure [J. D. Bernal] that Maurice Goldsmith, who knew him well, has depicted in this [...] biography, emerges [...] as one of the most trenchant intelligences of this century [...]. Although primarily a crystallographer, he produced and provoked ideas over almost the entire range of scientific enquiry. But posterity, perhaps, will recognise his major achievements as lying in his life-long devotion to the promotion of an understanding of the social function of science, and in his major contribution to the Allied war effort." -- from the dust jacket.
List(s) this item appears in: Cataloged books (Erica)
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
BOOKS BOOKS Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks QC 16.B457 G64 1980 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan NPML20050032

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-250) and index.

1. Beginnings -- 2. Development -- 3. Future perfect -- 4. Soviet challenge -- 5. Commitment decade -- 6. Blast and counterblast -- 7. Days of fulfillment -- 8. Science Internationale -- 9. Science in policy -- 10. Pursuit of the possible -- 11. Sordid affairs -- 12. Science in history -- 13. Speculation and holism -- 14. Endings.

"The figure [J. D. Bernal] that Maurice Goldsmith, who knew him well, has depicted in this [...] biography, emerges [...] as one of the most trenchant intelligences of this century [...]. Although primarily a crystallographer, he produced and provoked ideas over almost the entire range of scientific enquiry. But posterity, perhaps, will recognise his major achievements as lying in his life-long devotion to the promotion of an understanding of the social function of science, and in his major contribution to the Allied war effort." -- from the dust jacket.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Powered by Koha