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Harry M. Collins, Trevor Pinch The Golem

What You Should Know About Science

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Cambridge University Press

UK

2012

2 Rev ed

Paperback

212

Standard

263322

978-1-107-60465-0

1-107-60465-6

history of science

Annotation

Harry Collins and Trevor Pinch liken science to the Golem, a creature from Jewish mythology, powerful yet potentially dangerous, a gentle, helpful creature that may yet run amok at any moment. Through a series of intriguing case studies the authors debunk the traditional view that science is the straightforward result of competent theorisation, observation and experimentation. The very well-received first edition generated much debate, reflected in a substantial new Afterword in this second edition, which seeks to place the book in what have become known as 'the science wars'.

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