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a moral history of a late modern vocation

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The scientific life

a moral history of a late modern vocation

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Pages
468

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Cover of: Scientific Life
Scientific Life: A Moral History of a Late Modern Vocation
2010, University of Chicago Press
in English
Cover of: Scientific Life
Scientific Life: A Moral History of a Late Modern Vocation
2009, University of Chicago Press
in English
Cover of: The scientific life
The scientific life: a moral history of a late modern vocation
2008, University of Chicago Press
in English

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Table of Contents

Knowledge and virtue : the way we live now
From calling to job : nature, truth, method, and vocation from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries
The moral equivalence of the scientist : a history of the very idea
Who is the industrial scientist? : the view from the tower
Who is the industrial scientist? : the view from the managers
The scientist and the civic virtues : the moral life of organized science
The scientific entrepreneur : money, motives, and the place of virtue
Visions of the future : uncertainty and virtue in the world of high-tech and venture capital
The way we live now.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Chicago

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
174/.95
Library of Congress
Q180.55.M67 S53 2008, Q180.55.M67S53 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
468

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL16475205M
Internet Archive
scientificlifemo00shap
ISBN 10
0226750248
ISBN 13
9780226750248
LCCN
2008004588
OCLC/WorldCat
191763354
Library Thing
6108161
Goodreads
4531630

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