John Servos Explained

Discipline:	History of science

John William Servos (b. 1951^[1]) is an American professor and historian of science. His research centers on the historical development of science as a discourse and in the form of institutions and on how science has situated itself historically in the culture at large.^[2]

Servos is the Anson D. Morse Professor of History at Amherst College, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and past President (2002–2003) of the History of Science Society.^[3]

His book, Physical Chemistry from Ostwald to Pauling, received the History of Science Society's Pfizer Award for best book in the history of science in 1991.^[3] He received his B.A. from Columbia College, Columbia University in 1972, his and his Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins University in 1979.^[3]

Selected works

Articles

• 10.1179/amb.1976.23.3.175. The Knowledge Corporation: A. A. Noyes and Chemistry at Cal-Tech, 1915–1930. 1976. Servos. John W.. Ambix. 23. 3. 175–186.
• 10.2307/27757528. 27757528. Servos. John W.. 2. To Explore the Borderland: The Foundation of the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences. 1983. 14. 1. 147–185.
• Book: 10.1021/bk-1984-0228.ch001. The Intellectual Basis of Specialization. Chemistry and Modern Society. ACS Symposium Series. 1984. Servos. John W.. 2. 228. 1–19. 9780841207950.
• 10.1086/368642. History of Chemistry. 1985. Servos. John W.. 2. Osiris. 1. 132–146. 143902505.
• 10.1086/354268. Mathematics and the Physical Sciences in America, 1880-1930. 1986. Servos. John W.. 2. Isis. 77. 4. 611–629. 144163945.
• 10.2307/3106301. 3106301. Changing Partners: The Mellon Institute, Private Industry, and the Federal Patron. Servos. John W.. 2. Technology and Culture. 1994. 35. 2. 221–257. 111527532 .
• 10.2307/3107096. 3107096. Engineers, Businessmen, and the Academy: The Beginnings of Sponsored Research at the University of Michigan. Servos. John W.. 2. Technology and Culture. 1996. 37. 4. 721–762. 113119790 .

Books

• Servos, John W., Physical chemistry from Ostwald to Pauling : the making of a science in America, Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1990.^[4]
• Crossley, Pamela Kyle; Lees, Lynn Hollen; Servos, John W., Global society : the world since 1900, Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2004.

Notes and References

1. [Library of Congress]
2. Web site: John Servos . August 11, 2017.
3. Web site: Servos, John W. – Amherst College. Amherst College. 2008-10-20.
4. Review of Physical Chemistry from Ostwald to Pauling: The Making of a Science in America by John W. Servos. Friedel, Robert. Science. 10 May 1991. 252. 5007. 863–864. 10.1126/science.252.5007.863. 17744266 . 38252208 . p. 864