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On the Shoulders of Giants : The Post-Italianate Edition
On the Shoulders of Giants The Post-Italianate Edition
Author: Robert K. Merton
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 creativit...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226520865
ISBN-10: 0226520862
Publication Date: 5/15/1993
Pages: 348
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Paperback
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