Making sense of science : understanding the social study of science /
Steven Yearly.
Bok Engelsk 2005 Steven. Yearley
| Utgitt | London : : SAGE, , 2005.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (xv, 205 p.) : : ill.
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; PART I THE CORE OF SCIENCE STUDIES; 1 Just What Makes Science Special?; 2 Framing Commitments: The Strong Programme and the Empirical Programme of Relativism; PART II SCHOOLS OF SCIENCE STUDIES; 3 Knowledge and Social Interests; 4 Actor-Networks in Science; 5 Gender and Science Studies; 6 Ethnomethodology and the Analysis of Scientific Discourse; 7 Reflection, Explanation and Reflexivity in Science Studies; PART III SCIENCE STUDIES AT WORK; 8 Experts in Public: Publics' Relationships to Scientific Authority; 9 Figuring out Risks. - 10 Science in Law11 Speaking Truth to Power: Science and Policy; 12 Conclusion: Science Studies and the 'Crisis' of Representation; Bibliographical References; Index. - This volume demystifies science studies and bridges the divide between social theory and the sociology of science.. - Specialized.
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| ISBN | 0-8039-8691-2. - 1-280-37093-9. - 1-4129-3389-7. - 1-4462-4068-1. - 9786610370931
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