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    2nd edition
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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 February 2014
    29 March 2012
    ISBN:
    9781107295612
    9781107604650
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107295612
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    Dimensions:
    (216 x 138 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.3kg, 204 Pages
    • Subjects:
    History of Science, General, General Science
    Series:
    Canto Classics
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    Subjects:
    History of Science, General, General Science
    Series:
    Canto Classics
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    Harry Collins and Trevor Pinch liken science to the Golem, a creature from Jewish mythology, powerful yet potentially dangerous, a gentle, helpful creature that may yet run amok at any moment. Through a series of intriguing case studies the authors debunk the traditional view that science is the straightforward result of competent theorisation, observation and experimentation. The very well-received first edition generated much debate, reflected in a substantial new Afterword in this second edition, which seeks to place the book in what have become known as 'the science wars'.

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    ‘… 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, New Scientist

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