Když věda mluví: orální historie a změna perspektivy v dějinách vědy
When Science Speaks: Oral History and a Shift in Perspective in the History of Science

Summary/Abstract: This study examines the significance of oral history as a methodological approachin the history of science. It demonstrates how interviews with scientists andother actors involved in scientific practice enable historians to analyze science asa social and institutional activity that cannot be fully reconstructed from writtensources alone. Particular attention is paid to the Sources for History of QuantumPhysics project, one of the earliest systematic attempts to integrate oral historyinto the historiography of science. The study analyzes its methodological contributionsand limitations and shows how it helped transform historiographicalperspectives. It argues that oral history is not merely a supplementary source buta tool that enables the analysis of scientific identity, institutional contexts, andthe construction of memory within scientific communities.

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