In this detailed historical and sociological study of the development of scientific ideas, Jonathan Harwood argues that there is no such thing as a unitary scientific method driven by an internal logic. Rather, there are national styles of science that are defined by different values, norms, assumptions, research traditions, and funding patterns.
The first book-length treatment of genetics in Germany, "Styles of Scientific Thought" demonstrates the influence of culture on science by comparing the American with the German scientific traditions. Harwood examines the structure of academic...

This title focuses on the development of public-sector plant-breeding in Germany from the late 19th century through its fate under national socialism. Harwood uses this historical case study in order to argue that peasant-friendly research has an important role to play in future green revolutions.

How best to foster agricultural development in the Third World has long been a subject of debate and from a European perspective the persistent failure to design peasant-friendly technology is puzzling. From the late 19^th century, for example, various western European countries also underwent green revolutions in which systematic attempts were made to promote the adoption of technological innovation by peasant-farmers.

This book focuses on the development of public-sector plant-breeding in Germany from the late nineteenth century through its fate under National...