R. K. Merton — Life time of influence |
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Authors: | Fox Mary Frank |
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Affiliation: | (1) Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0345, USA |
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Abstract: | In this article, “Life time of influence” refers to Robert K. Merton's impact broadly, and emblematically, to his influence
upon my work. The article discusses 1) the scope and influence of Merton's ideas about social structure and explanations of
social processes; 2) his vast scholarship establishing the study of science as a social institution, with implications for
theory and research; and 3) his fostering of the social study of science through immense published work, and through impact
upon an inter-generational network of scholars.
This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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