Science of the World

...The science of each country is part of world science, a product of the international development of capitalism and, on the other, it reflects the particular history of that country, its position in the international system, the origins and functions of its own scientific community. The result is not some homogenized ‘universal science’ that smoothes out national particulars, but rather a pattern of uneven development of science paralleling that of capitalism.

(Levin R., Lewontin R., The Dialectical Biologist)