SCIENTIST AS SUBJECT: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPERATIVE

By Michael J. Mahoney

Ballinger Publishing Company, Cambridge, MA

1976

This is the source of the "Law of the Instrument" quote and every chapter is followed by a list of pertinant quotes. Here are the chapter headings:

  1. Illusions and Idols
  2. The Science Game: An Overview
  3. Rites of Passage: Selected Absurdities in Graduate Training
  4. Rules of the Game: Politics and Prizes
  5. Publication: The Endless Quest
  6. Passions of the Scientist
  7. The Rationality of Science
  8. Reason and Research: The Truth Conspiracy
  9. Postscript