Sutton Main Contribution To The History Of Science Disciplines

George Sarton who is called 'The Father of the History of Science'has been a key figure in the development of Science History. Heestablished Science History as a discipline in its own right with hiscreativity. His character, his dreams and his destiny made him the onewho tried to found a new discipline. The first part of the essay try toexplore Sarton's life to give the readers a general idea of the backgroundin which Sarton lived and introduce how Sarton made the decision todevote to Science History. Although Sarton's concept on Science Historyhas been argued a lot, his dominant figure is undoubted. One of hiscontribution is to establish Science History as a new discipline.Approximately in 50s of twentieth century, Science History became anindependent subject with her own system and organizations. Aftersumming up the ideas concerning how to establish a new discipline, thewriter tries to illustrate Sarton's contribution in the following aspects inthe second part: 1. the founding of Isis 2. the promotion of the researchorganization of Science History 3. Sarton's idea on education of ScienceHistory. Besides the factors mentioned above, Sarton's concept onScience History is a necessity to talk about. As we know, Sarton's concepton Science History was modified a lot afterward, but it is reasonableenough when it firstly appeared in the special context of history. Sarton'sdevotion to Science History should win our respect. The third part of theessay would introduce Sarton's works and idea on Science History whichwould give the readers a comprehensive understanding of what is goingon. Concerning Sarton's contribution, we could say that his ScienceHistory was an unique one and what he had done was establishing a newdiscipline. Although George Sarton played an important part in Science History,his achievement has been overlooked to some extent. The attitude ofmodesty and tolerance of human being largely comes from the deepinsight into things. According to this, the writer tries to give a cleardescription of Sarton's effort with the purpose of making more peopleunderstand Science History, respect it and then make his own effort.