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The Social Production of Scientific Knowledge

Yearbook 1977

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Editors:
  1. Everett Mendelsohn
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  2. Peter Weingart
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  3. Richard Whitley
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Part of the book series: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook (SOSC, volume 1)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VII
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  2. The Institutionalisation of the Sciences: Changing Concepts and Approaches in the History and Sociology of Science

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Social Construction of Scientific Knowledge

      • Everett Mendelsohn
      Pages 3-26

    3. The Social Construction of Science: Institutionalisation and Definition of Positive Science in the Latter Half of the Seventeenth Century

      • Wolfgang Van Den Daele
      Pages 27-54

    4. Problems of a Historical Study of Science

      • Wolf Lepenies
      Pages 55-67

    5. Scientific Ideology and Scientific Process: The Natural History of a Conceptual Shift

      • Roger G. Krohn
      Pages 69-99

  4. Social Goals, Political Programmes and Scientific Norms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217
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    2. The Political Direction of Scientific Development

      • Wolfgang Van Den Daele, Wolfgang Krohn, Peter Weingart
      Pages 219-242

    3. Scientific Purity and Nuclear Danger

      • Helga Nowotny
      Pages 243-264

    4. Creation VS. Evolution: The Politics of Science Education

      • Dorothy Nelkin
      Pages 265-287

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 289-294
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Social Production of Scientific Knowledge

  • Book Subtitle: Yearbook 1977

  • Editors: Everett Mendelsohn, Peter Weingart, Richard Whitley

  • Series Title: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1186-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1977

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0775-8Published: 30 April 1977

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0776-5Published: 30 April 1977

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-1186-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0167-2320

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1796

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 301

  • Topics: Social History

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