Michael Polanyi : scientist and philosopher

Michael Polanyi : scientist and philosopher / William Taussig Scott and Martin X. Moleski.

Michael Polanyi was a towering figure of European intellectual life in the mid 20th century. First an acclaimed physical chemist, after World War II he became a celebrated philosopher and contributed to many other fields of study, including matters as diverse as patent law, aesthetics & theology...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scott, William T. (William Taussig), 1916-1999
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Other Authors: Moleski, Martin X., 1952-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Polanyi, Michael, > 1891-1976.
Polanyi, Michael, > 1891-1976
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Table of Contents:
  • Early years
  • Coming of age in the Great War
  • Karlsruhe
  • The Fiber Institute
  • Institute for Physical Chemistry
  • Physical chemistry and economics
  • The philosophy of freedom
  • Personal knowledge
  • Scholar at large : 1959-1976
  • Merton College, Oxford
  • At the wheel of the world
  • The last years
  • Epilogue.

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