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Distinctive in its attention to both the underlying philosophical and sociological aspects of science and technology, the second edition of this popular textbook provides students with an up-to-date road map of the complex interdisciplinary terrain of science and technology studies.
After presenting the broad historical background to the field, the book explores a variety of relevant topics, among them realism and social construction, discourse and rhetoric, objectivity, and the role of experiment and theory. Numerous illustrative examples and empirical studies elucidate such topics as nuclear missile testing, the cold fusion controversy, teaching mathematical physics in the 19th century, digital rights management, pharmaceutical clinical trials, and sick building syndrome. This updated, expanded, and reorganized new edition also now includes new material on political economies of scientific and technological knowledge and the democratization of technical decisions.
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- Title Introduction to Science & Tech
- Author Sergio Sismondo
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: secon
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford
- Date 2009-10-12
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9781405187657 / 1405187654
- Weight 0.79 lbs (0.36 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 1.27 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Science - Philosophy, Technology - Social aspects
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009012001
- Dewey Decimal Code 501
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