Bernhard C., Crawford E., Sörbom P. (eds.) Science, Technology & Society in the Time of Alfred Nobel

Pergamon, 1982. — 426 p.The papers contained in this volume were presented at the Nobel Symposium which marked the eightieth anniversary of the first award of the Nobel prizes in 1901. Leading scholars from many different fields of science and technology exchange viewpoints across interdisciplinary boundaries. Participants were chosen for their special knowledge of science and technology in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and papers cover the period from the 1860s to the outbreak of the First World War.Chairman's Introduction (by Carl Gustaf Bernhard).
Division of Labour and the Common Good: The International Association of Academies, 1899-1914 (by Brigitte Schroeder-Gudehus).
Social Responsibility in Victorian Science (by John Ziman).
Discussion (by A.G. Keller).
Fin-de-siecle Physics (by J.L. Heilbron).
The Interplay of Chemistry and Biology at the Turn of the Century (by Joseph S. Fruton).
Developments in Physical Chemistry at the Turn of the Century (by Erwin N. Hiebert).
Discussion (by Armin Hermann).
The Emergence of Scientific Medicine: A View from the Bedside (by Stanley Joel Reiser).
The Rise of Physiology During the Nineteenth Century (by Borje Uvnas).
Paul Ehrlich: His Ideas and His Legacy (by Bernhard Witkop).
The Rise of Tropical Medicine: Milestones of Discovery and Application (by Leonard Jan Bruce-Chwatt).
Discussion (by Charles Lichtenthaeler).
The Industrialization of Western Society, 1860-1914 (by Melvin Kranzberg).
The Growing Role of Science in the Innovation Process (by Nathan Rosenberg).
Discussion (by Torsten Hagerstrand).
Engineers in Industry, 1850-1910: Professional Men and New Bureaucrats. A Comparative Approach (by Rolf Torstendahl).
Chemical Innovation in Peace and in War (by L.F. Haber).
The Contribution of French Scientists and Engineers to the Development of Modern Managerial Structures in the Early Part of the Twentieth Century (by Maurice Levy-Leboyer).
Discussion: An Engineer Is an Engineer Is an Engineer? (by Svante Lindqvist).
Introduction (by Elisabeth Crawford).
The Prizes in Physics and Chemistry in the Context of Swedish Science: A Working Paper (by Elisabeth Crawford and Robert Marc Friedman).
The Awarding of the Nobel Prize: Decisions about Significance in Science (by Gunter Kuppers, Norbert Ulitzka & Peter Weingart).
The Discussion Concerning the Nobel Prize for Max Planck (by Bengt Nagel).
Bacteriology and Nobel Prize Selections, 1901-1920 (by Claire Salomon-Bayet).
Discussion (by Armin Hermann).