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In this classic work, the foremost historian of science in our time, George Sarton, sums up his reflections on the role of science and of the humanities in our culture. Voicing his opposition to the old-fashioned humanists on the one hand, and to the 'uneducated' men of science and technicians on the other, Sarton points out to the former that the humanities without scientific are essentially incomplete. He warns the latter that without history, without philosophy, without arts and letters, without a living religion, human life on this planet would cease to be worthwhile.After outlining his 'Faith of a Humanist' in the opening section, Sarton goes on to analyze 'The History of Science and the History of Civilization,' to discuss the progress of scientific thought since ancient times in 'East and West,' and to propose the solution for the educational and cultural crisis of our time in 'The New Humanism' and in 'The History of Science and the Problems of Today.' He concludes not only that science is a source of technological development that has changed the face of the earth and has convulsed our lives for good and evil, but that it nonetheless affords the best means of understanding the world, its people, and the multitude of their relationships. 'Science is the conscience of mankind.'Included in this edition is Robert M. Merton's address before the Sarton Centennial meeting of November 1984. It is a stunning tour de force in its own right, providing insights into Sarton, teaching and research at Harvard in the 1930s, and the personal interaction between Sarton the mentor, and Merton the pupil. The essay supplements May Sarton's earlier 'Informal Portrait of George Sarton.'

In this classic work, the foremost historian of science in our time, George Sarton, sums up his reflections on the role of science and of the humanities in our culture. Voicing his opposition to the old-fashioned humanists on the one hand, and to the ''uneducated'' men of science and technicians on the other, Sarton points out to the former that the humanities without scientific are essentially incomplete. He warns the latter that without history, without philosophy, without arts and letters, without a living religion, human life on this planet would cease to be worthwhile.After outlining his ''Faith of a Humanist'' in the opening section, Sarton goes on to analyze ''The History of Science and the History of Civilization,'' to discuss the progress of scientific thought since ancient times in ''East and West,'' and to propose the solution for the educational and cultural crisis of our time in ''The New Humanism'' and in ''The History of Science and the Problems of Today.'' He concludes not only that science is a source of technological development that has changed the face of the earth and has convulsed our lives for good and evil, but that it nonetheless affords the best means of understanding the world, its people, and the multitude of their relationships. ''Science is the conscience of mankind.''Included in this edition is Robert M. Merton''s address before the Sarton Centennial meeting of November 1984. It is a stunning tour de force in its own right, providing insights into Sarton, teaching and research at Harvard in the 1930s, and the personal interaction between Sarton the mentor, and Merton the pupil. The essay supplements May Sarton''s earlier ''Informal Portrait of George Sarton.''

In this classic work, the foremost historian of science in our time, George Sarton, sums up his reflections on the role of science and of the humanities in our culture. Voicing his opposition to the old-fashioned humanists on the one hand, and to the ''uneducated'' men of science and technicians on the other, Sarton points out to the former that the humanities without scientific are essentially incomplete. He warns the latter that without history, without philosophy, without arts and letters, without a living religion, human life on this planet would cease to be worthwhile.After outlining his ''Faith of a Humanist'' in the opening section, Sarton goes on to analyze ''The History of Science and the History of Civilization,'' to discuss the progress of scientific thought since ancient times in ''East and West,'' and to propose the solution for the educational and cultural crisis of our time in ''The New Humanism'' and in ''The History of Science and the Problems of Today.'' He concludes not only that science is a source of technological development that has changed the face of the earth and has convulsed our lives for good and evil, but that it nonetheless affords the best means of understanding the world, its people, and the multitude of their relationships. ''Science is the conscience of mankind.''Included in this edition is Robert M. Merton''s address before the Sarton Centennial meeting of November 1984. It is a stunning tour de force in its own right, providing insights into Sarton, teaching and research at Harvard in the 1930s, and the personal interaction between Sarton the mentor, and Merton the pupil. The essay supplements May Sarton''s earlier ''Informal Portrait of George Sarton.''

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press''s distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

Humanism and humanism are two terms that refer to an intellectual movement that appeared at the beginning of the sixteenth century. What is meant by humanism is the revival of ancient literatures and knowledge: the literatures of Greece and Romans, after they had been suppressed by sectarianism for nearly a thousand years, since the Emperor Justinian closed the schools of Athens and dispersed their men and teachers in the year 429 AD, until the fall of Constantinople into the hands of Muhammad the Conqueror in the year 1453.This intellectual movement soon crossed the Alps to France, Germany, the Low Countries, and England, and historians called it the "Humanism" movement, and by that they meant the return of man to the nature of free thinking, and not being bound by sectarian thinking, by reviving ancient literatures whose men did not adhere to a particular sect. They were free people, before they had a special belief. If I call this movement "humanism," I mean by that the emergence of human thought, after it had been buried for a thousand years.