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Richard Olson

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Publications

14

Citations

598

H-Index

11

Active since

1971

Affiliations

Harvey Mudd College(Current)

Richard Olson is an author at Harvey Mudd College specializing in social sciences, humanities, and history of science.

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Social SciencesHumanitiesHistory Of ScienceLanguageEducationAnthropologyCultureModernitySociologyCultural History

Publications per year

1971–2011

14

Publications

14

The Force of Knowledge: The Scientific Dimension of Society

Richard Olson, John Ziman · Technology and Culture · 1977 · 149 citations

Sociology Of Knowledge, Knowledge Production, Knowledge Society +5

Inventing Canada: Early Victorian Science and the Idea of a Transcontinental Nation

Richard Olson, Suzanne Zeller · The American Historical Review · 1989 · 117 citations

Historical Geography, Transnational History, Humanities +14

Scottish Philosophy and Mathematics 1750-1830

Richard Olson · Journal of the History of Ideas · 1971 · 70 citations

History Of Mathematics, Scottish Philosophy, Foundation Of Mathematics +1

The Emergence of the Social Sciences, 1642-1792.

David Lindenfeld, Richard Olson · The American Historical Review · 1994 · 44 citations

History Of Science, Classical Sociology, Philosophy Of History +3

Philosophical Chemistry in the Scottish Enlightenment: The Doctrines and Discoveries of William Cullen and Joseph Black

Richard Olson, Arthur Donovan · The William and Mary Quarterly · 1977 · 38 citations

Scottish Enlightenment, Labour Supply, Labor Process Studies +13

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