Routledge, 2004
Content
Introduction
Prologue
The development of mode science and the birth of the sociology of science
Paradigms and styles of thought: a ‘social window’ on science?
Is mathematics socially shaped? The ‘strong programme’
Inside the laboratory
Tearing bicycles and missiles apart: the sociology of technology
‘Science wars’
Communicating science
A new science?
Suggested further reading and interesting websites
References
Index of names
Content
Introduction
Prologue
The development of mode science and the birth of the sociology of science
Paradigms and styles of thought: a ‘social window’ on science?
Is mathematics socially shaped? The ‘strong programme’
Inside the laboratory
Tearing bicycles and missiles apart: the sociology of technology
‘Science wars’
Communicating science
A new science?
Suggested further reading and interesting websites
References
Index of names