From the reviews: "This book is an important gateway to study how Marxist ideas have shaped the development of science studies. ... This volume ... provides an enlightening introduction to the first stage in the shaping of modern science studies by Marxist theory. It also effectively opens a historical window to questions about later interactions of Marxism and science studies. ... a book that is very helpful in understanding of how ideas about the social nature and role of science have developed since the 1930s ... ." (Nils Roll-Hansen, Metascience, Vol. 21, 2012)

• Classical Marxist Historiography of Science: The Hessen-Grossmann-Thesis.- The Social and Economic Roots of Newton’s Principia.- The Social Foundations of the Mechanistic Philosophy and Manufacture.- Descartes and the Social Origins of the Mechanistic Concept of the World.- Additional Texts on Mechanism.- Henryk Grossman: A Biographical Sketch.- Boris Hessen: In Lieu of a Biography.

From the reviews: "This book is an important gateway to study how Marxist ideas have shaped the development of science studies. ... This volume ... provides an enlightening introduction to the first stage in the shaping of modern science studies by Marxist theory. It also effectively opens a historical window to questions about later interactions of Marxism and science studies. ... a book that is very helpful in understanding of how ideas about the social nature and role of science have developed since the 1930s ... ." (Nils Roll-Hansen, Metascience, Vol. 21, 2012)

• Classical Marxist Historiography of Science: The Hessen-Grossmann-Thesis.- The Social and Economic Roots of Newton’s Principia.- The Social Foundations of the Mechanistic Philosophy and Manufacture.- Descartes and the Social Origins of the Mechanistic Concept of the World.- Additional Texts on Mechanism.- Henryk Grossman: A Biographical Sketch.- Boris Hessen: In Lieu of a Biography.

From the reviews: "This book is an important gateway to study how Marxist ideas have shaped the development of science studies. ... This volume ... provides an enlightening introduction to the first stage in the shaping of modern science studies by Marxist theory. It also effectively opens a historical window to questions about later interactions of Marxism and science studies. ... a book that is very helpful in understanding of how ideas about the social nature and role of science have developed since the 1930s ... ." (Nils Roll-Hansen, Metascience, Vol. 21, 2012)

• Classical Marxist Historiography of Science: The Hessen-Grossmann-Thesis.- The Social and Economic Roots of Newton’s Principia.- The Social Foundations of the Mechanistic Philosophy and Manufacture.- Descartes and the Social Origins of the Mechanistic Concept of the World.- Additional Texts on Mechanism.- Henryk Grossman: A Biographical Sketch.- Boris Hessen: In Lieu of a Biography.