Peerless Science by Daryl E Chubin
This book examines the structure and operation of peer review as a family of quality control mechanisms and looks at the burdens placed on the various forms of peer review. Assuming that peer review is central to the functioning of U.S. science policy, Chubin and Hackett explore the symbolic and practical value of peer review in the making, implementing, and analysis of this policy.-
Ecologies of Knowledge
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Beyond the Science Wars
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Science, Paradox, and the Moebius Principle
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The A B C of Armageddon
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In Measure, Number, and Weight
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On the Shoulders of Merchants
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The Science of Empire
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Scientific Knowledge in Controversy
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Human Posture
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Galileo's Pendulum
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Social Constructivism as a Philosophy of Mathematics
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Math Worlds
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Women in Engineering
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Science, Technology, and Democracy
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Energy Possibilities
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Mistaken Identity
"Peer review is the principle on which the internal governance system of science has traditionally dependedDuring the past ten years there has been a great deal of evidence suggesting that that assumption is no longer valid (if it ever was), and that many of the strains in the science-government relationship in the US are traceable either to the assumption itself or to the ways it is implemented. Chubin and Hackett examine the assumption and its implementation from different perspectives and explore its role in the science-government relationship.
"The authors display the ability to take peer review and use it as a springboard to illuminate a central issue of our time: the relationship between the conduct of science and the larger society in the US in the waning years of this century. The writing itself — colorful, interesting, heartfelt — is surprising and refreshing." — William A. Blanpied, National Science Foundation
Daryl E. Chubin is Senior Analyst in the Science, Education, and Transportation Program, Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress. Edward J. Hackett is Assistant Professor in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780791403099 |
| ISBN 10 | 0791403092 |
| Title | Peerless Science |
| Author | Daryl E Chubin |
| Series | Suny Series In Science Technology And Society |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | State University of New York Press |
| Year published | 1990-07-05 |
| Number of pages | 267 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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