Criticizing Science: Stephen Jay Gould and the Struggle for American Democracy

by Myrna Perez

How Stephen Jay Gould's career illustrates that criticizing science is important for American democracy.

The question of public trust in science feels newly urgent, but today is not the first time that opposing ends of the American political spectrum have critiqued modern science. This dynamic has historical roots in the early 1970s, when critiques of science emerged simultaneously out of Civil Rights, feminist, and decolonization...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421450151
• ISBN13: 9781421450155
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher