Another Science Is Possible: A Manifesto for Slow Science

by Isabelle Stengers

Book Overview

Like fast food, fast science is quickly prepared, not particularly good, and it clogs up the system. Efforts to tackle our most pressing issues have been stymied by conflict within the scientific community and mixed messages symptomatic of a rushed approach. What is more, scientific research is being shaped by the bubbles and crashes associated with economic speculation and the market. A focus on conformism, competitiveness, opportunism and flexibility...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 150952181X
• ISBN13: 9781509521814
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"