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Author:   Jerome R. Ravetz
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.703kg
ISBN:  

9781560008514

ISBN 10:   1560008512
Pages:   478
Publication Date:   31 October 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction to the Transaction Edition -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I. THE VARIETIES OF SCIENTIFIC EXPERIENCE -- 1. ‘What is Science ?’ -- 2. Social Problems of Industrialized Science -- PART II. THE ACHIEVEMENT OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE -- 3. Science as Craftsman’s Work -- 4: Scientific Inquiry: Problem-Solving on Artificial Objects -- 5. Methods -- 6. Facts and their Evolution -- 7. The Special Character of Scientific Knowledge -- PART III. SOCIAL ASPECTS OF SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY -- 8. The Protection of Property -- 9. The Management of Novelty -- 10. Quality Control in Science -- 11. Ethics in Scientific Activity -- PART IV. SCIENCE IN THE MODERN WORLD -- 12. Technical Problems -- 13. Practical Problems -- 14. Immature and Ineffective Fields of Inquiry -- PART V. CONCLUSION: THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE Index of Names Index of Topics General Index.

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Scientific Knowledge and Its Social Problems deserves to stand for some time to come as one of the landmarks of the new critical spirit which is transforming science from within in ways whose political and cultural importance cannot be exaggerated. --Theodore Roszak, The Nation

<p> Scientific Knowledge and Its Social Problems deserves to stand for some time to come as one of the landmarks of the new critical spirit which is transforming science from within in ways whose political and cultural importance cannot be exaggerated. --Theodore Roszak, The Nation

-Scientific Knowledge and Its Social Problems deserves to stand for some time to come as one of the landmarks of the new critical spirit which is transforming science from within in ways whose political and cultural importance cannot be exaggerated.---Theodore Roszak, The Nation

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Jerome R. Ravetz taught history and philosophy of science at the University of Leeds; he is now based in London, as a consultant and independent scholar.

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