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In late nineteenth-century America, Simon Newcomb was the nations most celebrated scientist and--irascibly, doggedly, tirelessly--he made the most of it. Officially a mathematical astronomer heading a government agency, Newcomb spent as much of his life out of the observatory as in it, acting as a spokesman for the nascent but restive scientific community of his time.Newcomb saw the scientific method as a potential guide for all disciplines and a basis for all practical action, and argued passionately that it was of as much use in the halls of Congress as in the laboratory. In so doing, he not only sparked popular support for American science but also confronted a wide spectrum of social, cultural, and intellectual issues. This first full-length study of Newcomb traces the development of his faith in science and ranges over topics of great public debate in the Gilded Age, from the reform of economic theory to the recasting of the debate between science and religion. Moyers portrait of a restless, eager mind also illuminates the bustle of late nineteenth-century America.

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title A Scientists Voice in American Culture Simon Newcomb and the - photo 1
title:A Scientist's Voice in American Culture : Simon Newcomb and the Rhetoric of Scientific Method
author:Moyer, Albert E.
publisher:University of California Press
isbn10 | asin:0520076893
print isbn13:9780520076891
ebook isbn13:9780585116730
language:English
subjectNewcomb, Simon,--1835-1909, Science--Methodology, Science--United States--History, Scientists--United States--Biography.
publication date:1992
lcc:Q143.N49M68 1992eb
ddc:509.2
subject:Newcomb, Simon,--1835-1909, Science--Methodology, Science--United States--History, Scientists--United States--Biography.
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A Scientist's Voice in American Culture
Simon Newcomb and the Rhetoric of Scientific Method
Albert E. Moyer
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
Berkeley Los Angeles Oxford
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University of California Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press
Oxford, England
Copyright 1992 by The Regents of the University of California
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Moyer, Albert E., 1945
A scientist's voice in American culture : Simon Newcomb and the
rhetoric of scientific method / Albert E. Moyer.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-520-07689-3
1. Newcomb, Simon, 18351909. 2. ScienceMethodology.
3. ScienceUnited StatesHistory. 4. ScientistsUnited States
Biography. I. Title.
Q143.N49M68 1992
509.2dc20
[B] 91-48271
CIP
Printed in the United States of America
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984
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For Lynette, Holly, Emily, and Rebecca
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CONTENTS
Illustrations
x
Preface
xi
Acknowledgments
xvii
Part I. Introduction
1. Method, Rhetoric, and Newcomb
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The Rhetorical Aspects of Scientific Method
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Newcomb and Methodological Rhetoric
9
Part II. Newcomb's Life and Thought
2. Formative Years
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Growing Up in the Maritime Provinces
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Encountering Joseph Henry
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Scientific Cambridge
30
3. Influences of Comte, Darwin, and Mill
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Auguste Comte
37
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Charles Darwin
38
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John Stuart Mill
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A Textbook Statement on Method
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4. Interactions with Wright and Peirce
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Chauncey Wright
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Charles Sanders Peirce
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Views of Wright and Peirce
62
5. Midcareer
66
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Taking Charge of the Almanac Office
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