Scientific Knowledge: A Sociological Analysis - Softcover

Barnes, Barry; Bloor, David; Henry, John

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9780226037318: Scientific Knowledge: A Sociological Analysis
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ISBN 10: 0226037312 ISBN 13: 9780226037318
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1996

Synopsis

Although science was once seen as the product of individual great men working in isolation, we now realize that, like any other creative activity, science is a highly social enterprise, influenced in subtle as well as obvious ways by the wider culture and values of its time. Scientific Knowledge is the first introduction to social studies of scientific knowledge.

The authors, all noted for their contributions to science studies, have organized this book so that each chapter examines a key step in the process of doing science. Using case studies from cognitive science, physics, and biology to illustrate their descriptions and applications of the social study of science, they show how this approach provides a crucial perspective on how science is actually done.

Scientific Knowledge will be of interest not only to those engaged in science studies, but also to anyone interested in the practice of science.

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About the Authors

Barry Barnes is a former codirector of the ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society at the University of Exeter, at which he was formerly professor of sociology. He is the author of several books on the sociology of the sciences and was awarded the J. D. Bernal Prize for his career contribution to the field.

David Bloor is professor emeritus in the sociology of science at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of The Enigma of the Aerofoil: Rival Theories in Aerodynamics, 1909–1930 and Knowledge and Social Imagery and the coauthor of Scientific Knowledge: A Sociological Analysis, all published by the University of Chicago Press.

Barry Barnes is professor of sociology at the University of Exeter. David Bloor is reader in the Science Studies Unit, University of Edinburgh. John Henry is senior lecturer in the Science Studies Unit, University of Edinburgh.

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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Publication date
1996
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0226037312
ISBN 13 
9780226037318
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
244
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