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Deciphering Science - (Explorations in Sociology.) by Maureen McNeil & Ian Varcoe & Steven Yearley (Hardcover)

Name: Deciphering Science - (Explorations in Sociology.) by Maureen McNeil & Ian Varcoe & Steven Yearley (Hardcover)
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As science and technology have pervaded modern life to an ever greater degree, social scientists have been led to find questions of the causes and consequences of 'expert' knowledge arising in places that would have been felt unlikely hitherto.
Author(s): Maureen McNeil & Ian Varcoe & Steven Yearley
256 Pages
Social Science, Sociology
Series Name: Explorations in Sociology.

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Book Synopsis

As science and technology have pervaded modern life to an ever greater degree, social scientists have been led to find questions of the causes and consequences of 'expert' knowledge arising in places that would have been felt unlikely hitherto. Varcoe, McNeil and Yearley's book assembles nine exemplary studies by sociologists, each of which explores an aspect of the current scientific-technological 'revolution'. Some popular ideas are challenged. So, too, implicitly, are certain large-scale social scientific theories claiming to have discerned in science and technology an overall meaning.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .75 Inches (D)

Weight: 1.09 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 256

Genre: Social Science

Sub-Genre: Sociology

Series Title: Explorations in Sociology.

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

Theme: General

Format: Hardcover

Author: Maureen McNeil & Ian Varcoe & Steven Yearley

Language: English

Street Date: February 6, 1990

TCIN: 1006473272

UPC: 9780333465547

Item Number (DPCI): 247-17-7819

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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