Scientific Knowledge: A Sociological Analysis

by David Bloor, Barry Barnes, John Henry

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226037312
• ISBN13: 9780226037318
• Release Date: July 1996
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"