Passion of George Sarton: A Modern Marriage and Its Discipline, Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 260) (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780871692603)

George Sarton animated the discipline of history of science (HoS) in America. This vol. traces his youth & educ. in Belgium, & his marriage to Mabel Elwes. It follows the Sarton's in their path from idealistic refugees fleeing the invasion of Belgium in 1914 to destitute intellectuals at Harvard Univ. For 50 years, HoS as an acad. specialty owed much to Sarton's visions & anxieties, esp. as they were expressed in his marriage. Mabel Sarton sustained his enterprise & contributed to its form, which included parts of socialism, pacifism, aesthetics, & faith. Themes present in Sarton's early work include the common endeavor of artists & scientists, the private nature of scientific innovation, & the HoS as a bridge between the humanities & the natural sciences. Illus.

Author: Lewis Pyenson
ISBN-10: 0871692600
ISBN-13: 9780871692603
Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2006
Pages: 470
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.96lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.19d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 06/01/2008 pg. 13