Science by Steve Woolgar

Science by Steve Woolgar

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The notion of science is a dominant and enduring feature of Western thought. This book looks at the social study of science, which has begun to transform attitudes to science traditionally upheld by historians and philosophers.

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Science by Steve Woolgar

The notion of science is a dominant and enduring feature of Western thought. This book looks at the social study of science, which has begun to transform attitudes to science traditionally upheld by historians and philosophers.

Steve Woolgar was Professor of Sociology, Head of the Department of Human Sciences, and Director of CRICT (Centre for Research into Innovation, Culture and Technology) until 2000. He has held visiting appointments at McGill University, MIT, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines, Paris, and University
of California, San Diego. He is the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship and a Fulbright Senior Scholarship, and the winner of an ESRC Senior Research Fellowship. He moved to the University of Oxford in autumn 2000 to take up the Chair of Marketing at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.
He is currently Director of the ESRC' Virtual Society?' programme.
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ISBN 13 9780745800424
ISBN 10 0745800424
Title Science
Author Steve Woolgar
Series Key Ideas S
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 1988-03-01
Number of pages 160
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.