Scientific Knowledge and Its Social Problems

Ravetz, Jerome R.

ISBN 10: 0195197216 / ISBN 13: 9780195197211

Published by Oxford University Press, 1973

About this Item

449 pgs. Some wear at edges of cover. First page pasted to back of front cover by 1/8 inch approximately - does not affect read as this is the title page. 45 degree crease on back cover at top left hand side. No highlighting, underlining or notations. Clean and intact. The author brings together strands, many of them original, from the history, philosophy, sociology and politic of science to provide an account of science as a human, social activity.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1699545373479

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Scientific Knowledge and Its Social Problems
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195197216
• ISBN 13: 9780195197211
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

Analyses the work of science as the creation and investigation of problems, and demonstrates the role of choice and value-judgement, and the inevitability of error, in scientific research.

About the Author

Jerome R. Ravetz is an environmental consultant and academic. He is best known for his books challenging the assumptions of scientific objectivity, discussing the science wars and post-normal science. Ravetz is an Associate Fellow at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.