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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Reviews
British Journal for History of Science
`...he (Pinch) has produced an important book which will be useful to historians of science, who will find a sentive and detailed history of an important episode of modern science who want to find a common ground to discuss the hypothetical specificity of sience vis-a-vis others cultural activities.'
Science, 235
`This is a much more readable account than normal in texts on the sociology of science, and its attention to historical detail is commendable.'
Physics Bulletin (1987)
`This book is a very welcome contribution to the sociology and the contemporary history of science.'
Sociology, 23:3 (1989)
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Sociology, University of York, UK
Trevor Pinch
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Confronting Nature
Book Subtitle: T́he Sociology of Solar-Neutrino Detection
Authors: Trevor Pinch
Series Title: Sociology of the Sciences - Monographs
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7729-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1986
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2224-9Published: 30 April 1986
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8424-8Published: 25 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-7729-8Published: 17 April 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 268
Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles