Cultural Boundaries of Science: Credibility on the Line by Thomas F. Gieryn

Cultural Boundaries of Science: Credibility on the Line

Thomas F. Gieryn

412 pages first pub 1999 (view editions)

nonfiction challenging informative medium-paced
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Why is science so credible? Usual answers center on scientists' objective methods or their powerful instruments. In his new book, Thomas Gieryn argues that a better explanation for the cultural authority of science lies downstream, when scientific...

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