• DOI:10.1177/0306312702032004001
Corpus ID: 25539189

This view of science: Stephen Jay Gould as historian of science and scientific historian, popular scientist and scientific popularizer.

@article{Shermer2002ThisVO,
  title={This view of science: Stephen Jay Gould as historian of science and scientific historian, popular scientist and scientific popularizer.},
  author={M. Shermer},
  journal={Social studies of science},
  year={2002},
  volume={32 4},
  pages={
          489-524
        }
}

• M. Shermer
• Published 2002
• Philosophy, Medicine
• Social studies of science

Science historian Ronald Numbers once remarked that the two most influential historians of science of the 20th century were Thomas Kuhn and Stephen Jay Gould. All historians are deeply familiar with Kuhn's work and influence, and most know of the remarkable impact Gould has had on evolutionary theory through both his professional and popular works. But little attention has been paid to the depth, scope, and importance of Gould's rôle as historian and philosopher of science, and his use of… Expand