Lewis Pyenson

2.0k total citations
80 papers, 886 citations indexed

About

Lewis Pyenson is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Lewis Pyenson has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 886 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 17 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Lewis Pyenson's work include History of Science and Natural History (18 papers), History and Developments in Astronomy (11 papers) and Philosophy and History of Science (8 papers). Lewis Pyenson is often cited by papers focused on History of Science and Natural History (18 papers), History and Developments in Astronomy (11 papers) and Philosophy and History of Science (8 papers). Lewis Pyenson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Belgium. Lewis Pyenson's co-authors include Daniel J. Kevles, David Edge, Barry Barnes, Susan Sheets-Pyenson, Roy MacLeod, Harry Paul, M. K. Singh, A. M. Mathai, H. J. Haubold and Sally Gregory Kohlstedt and has published in prestigious journals such as Physics Today, The American Historical Review and Scientometrics.

In The Last Decade

Lewis Pyenson

67 papers receiving 711 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lewis Pyenson United States 14 338 156 118 106 82 80 886
J. L. Heilbron United States 18 479 1.4× 131 0.8× 133 1.1× 150 1.4× 80 1.0× 124 1.3k
Pierre Duhem United States 11 856 2.5× 235 1.5× 103 0.9× 87 0.8× 67 0.8× 38 1.7k
Ernán McMullin United States 21 759 2.2× 248 1.6× 111 0.9× 71 0.7× 39 0.5× 89 1.4k
Paul Forman United States 15 531 1.6× 140 0.9× 151 1.3× 174 1.6× 123 1.5× 42 958
I. Bernard Cohen United States 20 579 1.7× 216 1.4× 172 1.5× 61 0.6× 100 1.2× 122 1.7k
M. Norton Wise United States 15 289 0.9× 210 1.3× 46 0.4× 29 0.3× 102 1.2× 39 1.0k
Jürgen Renn Germany 20 315 0.9× 118 0.8× 388 3.3× 147 1.4× 40 0.5× 169 1.2k
Peter Achinstein United States 20 830 2.5× 172 1.1× 78 0.7× 86 0.8× 33 0.4× 75 1.6k
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Spain 21 803 2.4× 232 1.5× 70 0.6× 53 0.5× 116 1.4× 155 2.0k
Richard S. Westfall United States 21 643 1.9× 125 0.8× 153 1.3× 24 0.2× 53 0.6× 85 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lewis Pyenson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lewis Pyenson

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All Works

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Haubold, H. J., A. M. Mathai, & Lewis Pyenson. (2020). Space Science and Technology Education, Teaching, Research. Space Policy. 53. 101384–101384. 5 indexed citations
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Pyenson, Lewis, A. M. Mathai, & H. J. Haubold. (2019). United Nations Education Program in Space Science and Technology 1988-2018. Creative Education. 10(10). 2219–2231. 4 indexed citations
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Rashed, Roshdi & Lewis Pyenson. (2012). Otto Neugebauer (1899-1990). Revue d histoire des sciences. Tome 65(2). 381–394. 1 indexed citations
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Pyenson, Lewis, et al.. (2011). History and the history of science in the work of Hendrik De Man. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations
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Pyenson, Lewis. (2011). The Enlightened Image of Nature in the Dutch East Indies: Consequences of Postmodernist Doctrine for Broad Structures and Intimate Life. Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences. 41(1). 1–40. 3 indexed citations
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Pyenson, Lewis, et al.. (2010). Revisiting the history of relativity. Metascience. 20(1). 53–73. 1 indexed citations
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Pyenson, Lewis. (2006). Passion of George Sarton. 1 indexed citations
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Pyenson, Lewis. (2006). The Passion of George Sarton: A Modern Marriage and Its Discipline. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 7 indexed citations
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Pyenson, Lewis. (2002). Uses of Cultural History: Karl Lamprecht in Argentina. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society: Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge. 146(3). 235–255. 2 indexed citations
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Pyenson, Lewis. (1993). The ideology of Western rationality: History of science and the European civilizing mission. Science & Education. 2(4). 329–343. 8 indexed citations
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Pyenson, Lewis. (1992). El fin de la Ilustración: reflexiones próximas y lejanas sobre la historia de la ciencia. Arbor. 14(558). 93–118. 2 indexed citations
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Pyenson, Lewis. (1990). Why Science May Serve Political Ends: Cultural Imperialism and the Mission to Civilize. Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte. 13(2). 69–81. 5 indexed citations
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Pyenson, Lewis, et al.. (1985). "Neohumanism and the persistence of pure mathematics in Wilhelmian Germany", Leswis Pyenson, Philadelphia 1983 : [recenzja] / Bronisław Średniawa.. Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki. 30(2). 2 indexed citations
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Ortiz, Eduardo L. & Lewis Pyenson. (1984). José Babini: matemático e historiador de la ciencia. Llull: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Técnicas. 7(13). 77–98. 1 indexed citations
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Pyenson, Lewis. (1982). Relativity in late Wilhelmian Germany: The appeal to a preestablished harmony between mathematics and physics. Archive for History of Exact Sciences. 27(2). 137–155. 20 indexed citations
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Pyenson, Lewis. (1975). La réception de la relativité généralisée : disciplinarité et institutionalisation en physique. Revue d histoire des sciences. 28(1). 61–73.
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Pyenson, Lewis. (1975). The history of quantum theory. Historia Mathematica. 2(3). 370–375. 13 indexed citations

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