Hélène Metzger, Historian and Historiographer of the Sciences - Paperback

by Cristina Chimisso (Author)

Hélène Metzger (1889-1944), the leading historian of chemistry of her generation, left us unparalleled reflections on the theory, practice and aims of history writing. This first full-length monograph on her explores both Metzger's immediate legacy and the relevance of her ideas for a host of current debates in science studies.

Author Biography

Dr. Cristina Chimisso is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and European Studies at the Open University. She is the author of the monographs Writing the History of the Mind: Philosophy and Science in France 1900-1960s (2008), written with the support of an AHRC grant, and Gaston Bachelard: Critic of Science and the Imagination (2001).