The following articles could be useful for your institutional history of science thesis( for any help reach me: [email protected]

Thomas F. Gieryn's book "The Institutionalization of Science"

The process of institutionalization in science is examined in this article, along with how scientific knowledge is developed within certain structures and organizations.

Robert K. Merton, "The Sociology of Science: Theoretical and Empirical Investigations"

Merton's contributions to the sociology of science are fundamental, and his reflections on the standards and principles of science's community shed light on the institutional features of science.

George W. Stocking Jr., ed., "The Shaping of American Anthropology, 1883-1911: A Franz Boas Reader"

This collection of publications offers insights into the institutionalization of science in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, despite its anthropological orientation.

"Science in Action: How to Follow Scientists and Engineers through Society" written by Bruno Latour

In the field of science and technology studies, Latour's work is significant. This book sheds light on the institutional processes by examining science from an actor-network approach.

Thomas S. Kuhn, "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions"

The notion of paradigm shifts in science is first introduced in Kuhn's seminal work, which also offers insights into the transformative transformations that scientific communities experience throughout time.

Bruno Latour and Steve Woolgar, "Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts"

This book provides a closer look at the institutional practices and interactions within scientific communities through a thorough ethnographic analysis of the daily activities in a scientific laboratory.

Steven Shapin's book "The Scientific Life: A Moral History of a Late Modern Vocation"

Shapin offers historical viewpoints on the institutionalization of scientific processes while examining the ethical and social facets of the scientific community.

Wiebe E. Bijker, Thomas P. Hughes, and Trevor Pinch, editors, "The Social Construction of Technological Systems: New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology"

This collection of essays offers insights into the social and institutional dimensions of the creation and acceptance of new scientific knowledge and technologies, despite its technology-focused orientation.

Thank you, Chris Wambua

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Ivan, I have a number of suggestions which may be broadly relevant to your work:

Lynn White, Jr - Medieval Technology and Social Change (Oxford University Press)

E A Burtt - The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Science (Dover Publications)

A. C. Crombie - The History of Science from Augustine to Galileo (Dover Publications)

Dmitri Levitin - Ancient Wisdom in the Age of the New Science (Cambridge University Press)

Peter Harrison, Ronald L. Numbers (eds) - Wrestling with Nature, From Omens to Science (University of Chicago Press)

Peter J. Bowler & Swan Rhys Morus - Making Modern Science, a Historical Survey (University of Chicago Press)

Sarah J. Schechner - Comets, Popular Culture and the Birth of Modern Cosmology (Princeton Paperbacks) - a bit specific this one, but intriguing.

And several on the focus of the intersection between religion and science (more specifically on the ways in which Protestant Christianity framed the origins of Western Science):

Peter Harrison - The Bible, Protestantism and the rise of natural science (Cambridge University Press (CUP))

Peter Harrison - 'Religion' and the religions of the English Enlightenment (CUP) - a more general cultural discussion about context

Peter Harrison - The Fall of Man and the Foundations of Science (CUP)

Ronald L. Numbers - Galileo goes to jail, and other myths about science and religion (Harvard University Press)

John Hedley Brooke - Science and Religion (CUP).

I hope this is a helpful place to start. All reputable sources, nothing whacky.

Thank you, Prof. Kevin Moss !

I am studying elements of the constitution and institutionalization of language sciences, observing the performance of a Brazilian scientific-cultural institution that was organized for linguistic research via government decree. Because of this, I have observed the need to discuss the State and Science as institutions.

Thanks Ivan - oh I wish I were a 'Prof.' Unfortunately, I am a lowly Masters', waiting to learn if I have received my PhD.

I suspect, given your clarification, that a majority of the texts I supplied may not be directly related to your own studies. And I suspect you may want to consider something of a discontinuity between the 'State' and 'Science'. The former can be categorised as an 'institution', because it will be constitutionally-framed (I know nothing about the Brazilian legal system, or the way in which your political consensus is established, but we do always talk about 'political institutions'). I am not sure that 'science' qualifies under that heading - it is more an ethos, or a discipline. When we talk about 'Western Science', we are not thinking of a particular branch (scientific endeavour is highly diverse), nor are we thinking of a particular location, like some specific university. Science grew out of an Enlightenment movement, rooted in the Protestant Reformation, and is more a kind of 'worldview' than an institution, with its own disciplines, methodologies, and underlying philosophy. Increasingly, 'science' is defined by its outcomes (COVID vaccines, driverless cars, 'green' technologies etc.

I wish you luck with this, it sounds like a big topic, and will require considerable effort in nuancing. Of the books I recommended, I suspect the following one may be of more relevance: Peter J. Bowler & Swan Rhys Morus - Making Modern Science, a Historical Survey (University of Chicago Press)

It's far from my favourite read, but it does helpfully cover the cultural background and historical development. It may be out of print, I had to purchase my copy second hand.