Istorija nauke je studija istorijskog razvoja ljudskog razumevanjaprirodnog sveta i domena društvenih nauka. Do kasnog20-tog veka istorija nauke, posebno fizičkih i bioloških nauka, je imala status narativa koji slavi trijumf korektnih teorija nad nekorektnima.[1] Nauka je predstavljana kao glavna dimenzija napretka civilizacije. Zadnjih dekada, postmoderni pogledi su uzeli maha. To su gledišta koja daju istoriji status kompletirajućeg paradigma ili konceptualnog sistema. Posebno je jak uticajTomasa Kuna,Struktura naučnih revolucija (1962). Po Kunu[2] svaka nova paradigma prepisuje istoriju nauke da bi prestavila putem selekcije i distorzija bivše gledište kao svog prethodnika.
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