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]
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]
Servos, John W. (1976). "The Knowledge Corporation: A. A. Noyes and Chemistry at Cal-Tech, 1915–1930". Ambix. 23 (3): 175–186. doi:10.1179/amb.1976.23.3.175.
—— (1983). "To Explore the Borderland: The Foundation of the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington". Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences. 14 (1): 147–185. doi:10.2307/27757528. JSTOR27757528.
—— (1986). "Mathematics and the Physical Sciences in America, 1880-1930". Isis. 77 (4): 611–629. doi:10.1086/354268. S2CID144163945.
—— (1994). "Changing Partners: The Mellon Institute, Private Industry, and the Federal Patron". Technology and Culture. 35 (2): 221–257. doi:10.2307/3106301. JSTOR3106301. S2CID111527532.
—— (1996). "Engineers, Businessmen, and the Academy: The Beginnings of Sponsored Research at the University of Michigan". Technology and Culture. 37 (4): 721–762. doi:10.2307/3107096. JSTOR3107096. S2CID113119790.