ɪt wʌzɐ tʃˈælɪndʒ tə ðə nˈoʊʃən ðætðə hˈɪstɚɹi ʌv sˈaɪəns wʌzðə hˈɪstɚɹi ʌv ˌɪndᵻvˈɪdʒuːəl dʒˈiːnɪəs ɪn ˈækʃən, ðə dˈɑːmɪnənt vjˈuː æt lˈiːst sˈɪns wˈɪljəm wjˈuːɛlz hˈɪstɚɹi ʌvðɪ ɪndˈʌktɪv sˈaɪənsᵻz ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi sˈɛvən.
It was a challenge to the notion that the history of science was the history of individual genius in action, the dominant view at least since William Whewell's History of the Inductive Sciences in 1837.