The Golem by Harry M Collins
What is the golem? In Jewish mythology the Golem is an effigy or image brought to life. While not evil, it is a strong, clumsy and incomplete servant. Through a series of case studies, ranging from relativity and cold fusion to memory in worms and the sex lives of lizards, Harry Collins and Trevor Pinch debunk the traditional view that science is the straightforward result of competent theorization, observation and experimentation. Scientific certainty is the interpretation of ambiguous results. The very well received first edition generated much debate, reflected in a substantial new Afterword in this new edition, which seeks to place the book in what have become known as 'the science wars'.-
A Mathematician's Apology
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The Invention of Tradition
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The Spanish Labyrinth
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Mr Tompkins in Paperback
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On Growth and Form
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The Fall of Constantinople 1453
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Nations and Nationalism since 1780
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Conquest and Empire
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The Large, the Small and the Human Mind
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The Decipherment of Linear B
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Studies in Words
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The Theory of Evolution
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Seven Clues to the Origin of Life
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Medieval Women
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Quantum Physics
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Morality
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The Ghost in the Atom
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The Sicilian Vespers
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The Rise and Fall of Anne Boleyn
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Myth, Literature and the African World
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Ecological Imperialism
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Magic in the Middle Ages
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The Return of Grand Theory in the Human Sciences
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Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning
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The English Language
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The Seeds of Speech
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Language Death
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An Experiment in Criticism
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Superstrings
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Genius Explained
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The Trial of the Templars
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The Old World and the New
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Reading the Holocaust
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The Two Cultures
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Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature
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Time, Space and Things
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The Bigger Bang
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The River of Time
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The Thread of Life
'A very readable account' New Scientist
' .. it succeeds extraordinarily well in this task of portraying and assessing the real fabric of scientific research, based on the insights of modern scholarship.' Bernard Dixon, former editor of New Scientist
' .. it succeeds extraordinarily well in this task of portraying and assessing the real fabric of scientific research, based on the insights of modern scholarship.' Bernard Dixon, former editor of New Scientist
Harry Collins is Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre for the Study of Knowledge, Expertise and Science (KES) at Cardiff University. He is a Fellow of the British Academy. He has written 17 previous books including the well-known Golem series on science. Harry Collins is continuing his research on the nature of scientific knowledge, on the analysis of expertise and on the sociology of gravitational wave detection.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521645508 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521645506 |
| Title | The Golem |
| Author | Harry M Collins |
| Series | Canto |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1998-09-17 |
| Number of pages | 212 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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