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On the Shoulders of Giants: A Shandean Postscript

By Robert K. Merton

Book information

Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Year
1993
ISBN
0226520862, 9780226520865
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
14 MB (14480482 bytes)
Pages
348\347
Time added
2022-06-05 17:37:07

Description

With playfulness and a large dose of wit, Robert Merton traces the origin of Newton's aphorism, "If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Using as a model the discursive and digressive style of Sterne's Tristram Shandy, Merton presents a whimsical yet scholarly work which deals with the questions of creativity, tradition, plagiarism, the transmission of knowledge, and the concept of progress. Dedication Table of Contents Foreword • Umberto Eco Preface to the Vicennial Edition On the Shoulders of Giants Afterword • Denis Donoghue Postface

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