Science Studies : Probing the Dynamics of Scientific Knowledge /

How can we understand the intensifying interactions of science and society? It is the interdisciplinary field called science studies that provides us with a rich inventory of analytical approaches. They help us explore science as a practice, a subsystem, a culture, and an institution. Their joint ob...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Maasen, Sabine (Editor ), Winterhager, Matthias (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcript Verlag, [2001]
Edición:1. Aufl.
Colección:Sozialtheorie.
Temas:
Eugenics > History.
Science > Social aspects.
Eugénisme > Histoire.
Sciences > Aspect social.
Sociology.
Impact of science & technology on society.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
Eugenics
Science > Social aspects
Wissenschaftssoziologie
(Produktform)Electronic book text
(BISAC Subject Heading)SOC026000
Science
Sociology
Sociology of Knowledge
Science, Sociology of Science, Sociology of Knowledge, Sociology
EBK: eBook
Sociology of Science
History
Aufsatzsammlung.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction. Science Studies. Probing the Dynamics of Scientific Knowledge / Maasen, Sabine ; Winterhager, Matthias
  • Eugenics Looking at the Role of Science Anew. A Statistical Viewpoint on the Testing of Historical Hypotheses: The Case of Eugenics / Paul, Diane B.
  • Humanities Inquiry Into the Growing Demand for Histories. Making Sense / Prinz, Wolfgang
  • Bibliometrics Monitoring Emerging Fields. A Bibliometric Methodology for Exploring Interdisciplinary, 'Unorthodox' Fields of Science. A Case Study of Environmental Medicine / van Raan, Anthony F.J. ; Visser, Martijn S. ; van Leeuwen, Thed N.
  • Science Policy Making Universities Cope with Science Today. German Universities on the Threshold of the Twenty-First Century / Krull, Wilhelm
  • Evolutionary Theory and the Social Sciences Increasingly a Mutual Exchange. Culture is Part of Human Biology. Why the Superorganic Concept Serves the Human Sciences Badly / Richerson, Peter J. ; Boyd, Robert
  • Climatology Innovative Research Strategies in a Dynamic Field. Making Ice Talk: Notes from a Participant Observer on Climate Research in Antarctica / Elzinga, Aant
  • Metaphors Moving Targets in the (Social) Sciences. Why Metaphor? Toward a Metaphorics of Scientific Practice / Bono, James J.
  • Science and the Public Pushing PUS with Science Studies. What Kind of 'Public Understanding of Science' Programs Best Serve a Democracy? / Lewenstein, Bruce V.
  • Knowledge Politics The Paradox of Regulating Knowledge Dynamics. Policing Knowledge / Stehr, Nico
  • Indices.

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