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A House Built on Sand
Exposing Postmodernist Myths About Science
ISBN: 0195117255
ISBN-13: 9780195117257
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
Published date: 1998
Size: 9.25 x 6.5 inches
Weight: 1.4 pounds
Pages: 322
Publisher's Notes
Cultural critics argue that the results of scientific inquiry is shaped by ideological and political agendas. This hard-hitting collection of essays offers crisp and detailed critiques of case studies as evidence that scientific investigation today tells us more about social context than about the natural world. This book raises a lively debate to a new level of seriousness. 17 linecuts.
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