Introduction to Science & Tech, Paperback

Description

An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies, SecondEdition reflects the latest advances in the field whilecontinuing to provide students with a road map to the complexinterdisciplinary terrain of science and technology studies.

• Distinctive in its attention to both the underlyingphilosophical and sociological aspects of science andtechnology
• Explores core topics such as realism and social construction, discourse and rhetoric, objectivity, and the public understandingof science
• Includes numerous empirical studies and illustrative examplesto elucidate the topics discussed
• Now includes new material on political economies ofscientific and technological knowledge, and democratizing technicaldecisions
• Other features of the new edition include improved readability, updated references, chapter reorganization, and more material onmedicine and technology

About the author

Sergio Sismondo teaches Philosophy and Sociology at Queen's University, Canada. He is the author of Science Without Myth: On Constructions, Reality, and Social Knowledge (1995), The Art of Science (with Boris Castel, 2003), and numerous articles on subjects ranging from computer simulation to pharmaceutical research.