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Science, Culture and Society: Understanding Science in the 21st Century
Mark Erickson
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Description for Science, Culture and Society: Understanding Science in the 21st Century
Paperback. Science occupies an ambiguous space in contemporary society. Scientific research is championed in relation to tackling environmental issues and diseases such as cancer and dementia, and science has made important contributions to today s knowledge economies and knowledge societies. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
Science occupies an ambiguous space in contemporary society. Scientific research is championed in relation to tackling environmental issues and diseases such as cancer and dementia, and science has made important contributions to today’s knowledge economies and knowledge societies. And yet science is considered by many to be remote, and even dangerous. It seems that as we have more science, we have less understanding of what science actually is.
The new edition of this popular text redresses this knowledge gap and provides a novel framework for making sense of science, particularly in relation to contemporary social issues such as ... Read more
Science occupies an ambiguous space in contemporary society. Scientific research is championed in relation to tackling environmental issues and diseases such as cancer and dementia, and science has made important contributions to today’s knowledge economies and knowledge societies. And yet science is considered by many to be remote, and even dangerous. It seems that as we have more science, we have less understanding of what science actually is.
The new edition of this popular text redresses this knowledge gap and provides a novel framework for making sense of science, particularly in relation to contemporary social issues such as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745662251
SKU
V9780745662251
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-21
About Mark Erickson
Mark Erickson is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Brighton
Reviews for Science, Culture and Society: Understanding Science in the 21st Century
"After ten years, Mark Erickson’s Science, Culture and Society remains the best all-round entry point to the world of science and technology studies. It is the one book that I would recommend to a student interested in this field, regardless of starting point the arts, the social sciences or, indeed, the natural sciences. This new edition features a comprehensive account ... Read more