The social function of science

... From a young age, he had a deep interest in the relationship between science and technology, industry, economics, and politics, and his first book, The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1927), was a pioneering work on the future of humanity, with artificial organs and space colonization as its pillars. He then became active in writing about the history and sociology of science based on Marxism, and in organizing social and peace movements by scientists, and had a major impact on Japanese academia with works such as The Social Function of Science (1939) and Science in History (1954). [Chinme Yasuo]...

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…　若い時から科学技術と産業，経済，政治の関係に深い関心をもち，処女著作《宇宙･肉体･悪魔The World,the Flesh and the Devil》(1927)は，人工臓器や宇宙植民を柱とする人類未来論の先駆となった。その後，マルクス主義にもとづき科学史･科学社会学の著作と科学者の社会運動･平和運動を組織することに活躍し，《科学の社会的機能The Social Function of Science》(1939)や《歴史における科学Science in History》(1954)などにより日本の学界にも大きな影響を与えた。【鎮目 恭夫】。…

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