Ludwik Fleck's "Genesis and development of a scientific fact" goes very much in the line of "[science] only exists in a living community of mathematicians that

Ludwik Fleck's "Genesis and development of a scientific fact" goes very much in the line of "[science] only exists in a living community of mathematicians that spreads understanding and breaths life into ideas both old and new." (written pre-WW2; it served as an inspiration for Khun). Its most eye-opening example is the history of [the concept/knowledge/science/... of] syphilis, from ancient to modern times. PDF (of print from 1979): http://www.evolocus.com/Textbooks/Fleck1979.pdf http://www.evolocus.com/Textbooks/Fleck1979.pdf