Author: Robert K. Merton
Edition: The vicennial ed
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0151699623
Edition: The vicennial ed
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0151699623
On the Shoulders of Giants: A Shandean Postscript
With playfulness and a large dose of wit, Robert Merton traces the origin of Newton's aphorism, "If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. Get On the Shoulders of Giants literature books for free.
Using as a model the discursive and digressive style of Sterne's Tristram Shandy, Merton presents a whimsical yet scholarly work which deals with the questions of creativity, tradition, plagiarism, the transmission of knowledge, and the concept of progress.
"This book is the delightful apotheosis of donmanship: Merton parodies scholarliness while being faultlessly scholarly; he scourges pedantry while brandishing his own abstruse learning on every page. The most recondite and obscure scholarly squabbles are transmuted into the material of comedy as the ostensible subj Check On the Shoulders of Giants our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.
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Using as a model the discursive and digressive style of Sterne's Tristram Shandy, Merton presents a whimsical yet scholarly work which deals with the questions of creativity, tradition, plagiarism, the transmission of knowledge, and the concept of progress The most recondite and obscure scholarly squabbles are transmuted into the material of comedy as the ostensible subj
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