More Heat Than Light is a history of how physics has drawn some inspiration from economics and also how economics has sought to emulate physics, especially with regard to the ...

'...the history of economic theory at its best.'-EASTERN ECONOMIC JOURNAL

A compilation of essays by the author that reveals the value for science studies of examples arising within the history of economics.

"The mandate given to the editor of the present volume was succinct and to the point: gather together some of the most recent attempts to remake economic theory at its most ...

This is the first cross-over book into the history of science written by an historian of economics. It shows how 'history of technology' can be integrated with the history of ...

From essays examining economic welfare to the idea of scientists as agents to the digital aspects of higher education, presents a comprehensive overview of the new directions ...

Over the past forty years, economists associated with the University of Chicago have won more than one-third of the Nobel prizes awarded in their discipline and have been major ...

This trenchant study analyzes the rise and decline in the quality and format of science in America since World War II. Science-Mart attributes this decline to a powerful ...