The file contains: documents on the survey about History and Sociology of Science such as the Minutes and Report on the meeting of the Committee on the History and Sociology of Science held on 30/11/1978 (first survey); Minutes of the working ad-hoc Group on History of Science held on 20/09/1979 in Paris; the background documents such as correspondence about the support of the publication of the Académie Internationale d’Histoire des Sciences "Archives Internationales d’Histoire des Sciences"; Exchange of letters with Jürgen Habermas concerning the preparation of a feasibility study on History and Sociology of Science research; Article "Gay-Lussac: une étape dans la professionnalisation de la science» by M. Crosland, in La Recherche n. 91, July-August 1978; Proposal «Proposition de recherche sur l’histoire et la sociologie de la Science en Europe», annexe of a report by the ad-hoc Committee of Social Sciences.

Topics discussed include: identification of the priorities within the field of History of Science, program proposal for the European Science Foundation in the area of Social Studies of Science.

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