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Sismondo, Sergio

 
9780631234449: Introduction to Science and Technology Studies
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0631234446 ISBN 13: 9780631234449
Verlag: Wiley & Sons, 2003

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This volume provides a roadmap to the complex interdisciplinary terrain of science and technology studies.


  • Provides an accessible overview of science and technology studies.
  • Features numerous empirical studies and illustrative examples.
  • Focuses on the central debates and key theoretical advances.
  • Includes topics such as realism and social construction, discourse and rhetoric, objectivity, the role of experiment and theory, controversies, and the critique of science and technology.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Sergio Sismondo is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Sociology at Queen’s University, Canada. He is the author of Science without Myth: On Constructions, Reality and Social Knowledge (1996) and numerous articles on the philosophy and sociology of science and technology.

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This volume provides a roadmap to the complex interdisciplinary terrain of science and technology studies. The book presents the historical background for this burgeoning field, focusing on the central debates and key theoretical advances. Topics include realism and social construction, discourse and rhetoric, objectivity, the role of experiment and theory, controversies, and the critique of science and technology. Distinctive in its attention to the underlying philosophical and sociological aspects of science and technology, and written specifically with students in mind, An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies is ideal for those new to this exciting and controversial area of study.

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Verlag
Wiley & Sons
Erscheinungsdatum
2003
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0631234446
ISBN 13 
9780631234449
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
528
Kontakt zum Hersteller
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Verantwortliche Person
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