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Genre/Form: | Einführung |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
John Ziman |
ISBN: | 0521346800 9780521346801 |
OCLC Number: | 605943575 |
Description: | XI, 203 Seiten : Diagramme |
Contents: | Preface; 1. 'Academic' science; 2. Research; 3. Validity; 4. Communication; 5. Authority; 6. Rules and norms; 7. Change; 8. The sociology of scientific knowledge; 9. Science and technology; 10. Pure and applied science; 11. Collectivized science; 12. R & D organizations; 13. The economics of research; 14. Science and the State; 15. The scientist in society; 16. Science as a cultural resource; Index. |
Responsibility: | John Ziman. |
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'Professor Ziman is an excellent guide in these matters ... As an introductory map of the terrain, the book is clear and accurate. Each chapter is followed by a carefully chosen but not daunting long annotated reading list.' The Times Higher Education Supplement 'Ziman's book is a tour de force ... It would make a fine textbook for an introductory course in a science, technology, and society program.' Science Read more...
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