Scientific Knowledge A Sociological Analysis
Barnes, Barry; David Bloor & John Henry
Language: English
Published by University of Chicago Press, c.1996,, 1996
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- Title
- Scientific Knowledge A Sociological Analysis
- Author
- Barnes, Barry; David Bloor & John Henry
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press, c.1996,
- Publication year
- 1996
- Condition
- Good,
- Binding
- paperback,
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0226037312
- ISBN 13
- 9780226037318
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 Author
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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