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Real Science: What It Is, and What It Means by J. M. Ziman and John Ziman
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- Condition
- Subject
- Science & Tech
- ISBN
- 9780521893107
- EAN
- 9780521893107
- Book Title
- Real Science : What It Is and What It Means
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication Year
- 2002
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Genre
- Science
- Topic
- Philosophy & Social Aspects, General, Research & Methodology
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 21.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 412 Pages
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Scientists and 'anti-scientists' alike need a more realistic image of science. The traditional mode of research, academic science, is not just a 'method': it is a distinctive culture, whose members win esteem and employment by making public their findings. Fierce competition for credibility is strictly regulated by established practices such as peer review. Highly specialized international communities of independent experts form spontaneously and generate the type of knowledge we call 'scientific' - systematic, theoretical, empirically-tested, quantitative, and so on. Ziman shows that these familiar 'philosophical' features of scientific knowledge are inseparable from the ordinary cognitive capabilities and peculiar social relationships of its producers. This wide-angled close-up of the natural and human sciences recognizes their unique value, whilst revealing the limits of their rationality, reliability, and universal applicability. It also shows how, for better or worse, the new 'post-academic' research culture of teamwork, accountability, etc. is changing these supposedly eternal philosophical characteristics.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521893100
ISBN-13
9780521893107
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2277281
Product Key Features
Book Title
Real Science : What It Is and What It Means
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Philosophy & Social Aspects, General, Research & Methodology
Publication Year
2002
Genre
Science
Number of Pages
412 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
21.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Q175 .Z547 2000
Reviews
"Any scientist interested in establishing a more constructive dialogue with the science and technology studies community would be well-advised to read this work." Physics Today, 'Any scientist interested in establishing a more constructive dialogue with the science and technology studies community would be well-advised to read these works.'Physics Today, '… an excellent insight into the social and 'political' structure of the scientific world. Real Science makes interesting reading because it shows that scientific knowledge, rather than providing the idealized, clear and concise description of the world around us, is all too much an evolving product of the human mind.' Peter L. Hordijk and Eloise C. Anthony, Nature Cell Biology, 'Ziman presents such an impeccably-assembled analysis of what exactly science was, is, and is becoming, that reading it brings about that satisfying sense of a mental jigsaw falling into place.'Vanessa Spedding, Science and Public Affairs, "For anyone wanting a detailed, realistic, well-rounded view of science, Ziman's Real Science is your book." Nature, '... an excellent insight into the social and 'political' structure of the scientific world. Real Science makes interesting reading because it shows that scientific knowledge, rather than providing the idealized, clear and concise description of the world around us, is all too much an evolving product of the human mind.' Peter L. Hordijk and Eloise C. Anthony, Nature Cell Biology, '... an excellent insight into the social and 'political' structure of the scientific world. Real Science makes interesting reading because it shows that scientific knowledge, rather than providing the idealized, clear and concise description of the world around us, is all too much an evolving product of the human mind.'Peter L. Hordijk and Eloise C. Anthony, Nature Cell Biology, '... for anyone wanting a detailed, realistic, well-rounded view of science, Ziman's Real Science is your book.' David L. Hull, Nature, ‘… for anyone wanting a detailed, realistic, well-rounded view of science, Ziman’s Real Science is your book.’David L. Hull, Nature, 'Any scientist interested in establishing a more constructive dialogue with the science and technology studies community would be well-advised to read these works.' Physics Today, ‘Any scientist interested in establishing a more constructive dialogue with the science and technology studies community would be well-advised to read these works.’Physics Today, ‘Ziman presents such an impeccably-assembled analysis of what exactly science was, is, and is becoming, that reading it brings about that satisfying sense of a mental jigsaw falling into place.’Vanessa Spedding, Science and Public Affairs, '... for anyone wanting a detailed, realistic, well-rounded view of science, Ziman's Real Science is your book.'David L. Hull, Nature, 'Ziman presents such an impeccably-assembled analysis of what exactly science was, is, and is becoming, that reading it brings about that satisfying sense of a mental jigsaw falling into place.' Vanessa Spedding, Science and Public Affairs, ‘… an excellent insight into the social and ‘political’ structure of the scientific world. Real Science makes interesting reading because it shows that scientific knowledge, rather than providing the idealized, clear and concise description of the world around us, is all too much an evolving product of the human mind.’Peter L. Hordijk and Eloise C. Anthony, Nature Cell Biology, '… for anyone wanting a detailed, realistic, well-rounded view of science, Ziman's Real Science is your book.' David L. Hull, Nature
Table of Content
Preface; 1. A peculiar institution; 2. Basically, it's purely academic; 3. Academic science; 4. New modes of knowledge production; 5. Community and communication; 6. Universalism and unification; 7. Disinterestedness and objectivity; 8. Originality and novelty; 9. Scepticism and the growth of knowledge; 10. What then, can we believe?; Bibliography; Index.
Copyright Date
2002
Dewey Decimal
501
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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