What are the narratives that guide the history of science? Certainly one of the more recent ones is “science in action,” the emphasis on practices and the imperative of studying science as performed. Perhaps not surprisingly, this story itself has a history; it starts in the early 1960s, when the project “Sources for History of Quantum Physics” was established. The main task of Thomas S. Kuhn, John L. Heilbron, and Paul Forman’s work, lasting three years, was to interview the old heroes of quantum mechanics and to archive the spoken word. While giving an account of the project’s history, this essay will focus on the process of interviewing and characterize its wider context. Not only does their approach offer us important insights into the shaping of the persona of the scientist; it also represents an important step toward the post-Kuhnian way of doing history of science.

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Thomas S. Kuhn，Earwitness：采访和新科学史的形成

指导科学史的叙事有哪些？当然，最近的一个是“科学在行动”，强调实践和研究科学的必要性。也许并不奇怪，这个故事本身就有一段历史；它始于 1960 年代初，当时“量子物理学史的来源”项目成立。Thomas S. Kuhn、John L. Heilbron 和 Paul Forman 历时三年的工作的主要任务是采访量子力学的老英雄并存档口语。在介绍项目历史的同时，本文将重点关注采访过程并描述其更广泛的背景。他们的方法不仅为我们提供了关于塑造科学家角色的重要见解；