Science Studies - 9780814735633

Science StudiesAn Advanced Introduction\nAuthor(s): David J. Hess\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9780814735633, 978-0814735633\nSynopsis\nThe first comprehensive survey of the nascent field of \""science studies\""\n Thrust into the public eye by the contentious \""Science Wars\""played out most recently by physicist Alan Sokal's hoaxthe nascent field of science studies takes on the political, historical, and cultural dimensions of technology and the sciences.\nScience Studies is the first comprehensive survey of the field, combining a concise overview of key concepts with an original and integrated framework. In the process of bringing disparate fields together under one tent, David J. Hess realizes the full promise of science studies, long uncomfortably squeezed into traditional disciplines. He provides a clear discussion of the issues and misunderstandings that have arisen in these interdisciplinary .