Making sense of science : understanding the social study of science /: understanding the social study of science. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Steven Yearly.
• Other Names: Yearley, Steven
• Contents: Cover; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- Just What Makes Science Special?; Chapter 2 -- Framing Commitments: The Strong Programme and the Empirical Programme of Relativism; Chapter 3 -- Knowledge and Social Interests; Chapter 4 -- Actor-Networks in Science; Chapter 5 -- Gender and Science Studies; Chapter 6 -- Ethnomethodology and the Analysis of Scientific Discourse; Chapter 7 -- Reflection, Explanation and Reflexivity in Science Studies; Chapter 8 -- Experts in Public: Publics' Relationships to Scientific Authority; Chapter 9 -- Figuring out Risks; Chapter 10 -- Science in Law.
• Publisher Details: London : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 205 pages)
• Subjects: 306.45; Science -- Social aspects; Social sciences; Sciences -- Aspect social; SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects; Science -- Social aspects; Social sciences; Wetenschapssociologie; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781412933896; 1412933897; 9781446222218; 1446222217; 1280370939; 9781280370939
• Related ISBNs: 0803986912; 9780803986916; 0803986920; 9780803986923
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.