The force of knowledge: The scientific dimension of society

✍ Scribed by Ziman, John M

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 1976
Tongue: English
Leaves: 384
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Copyright
Contents
Preface
1 Science as a social institution
2 Which came first: science or technology?
3 Who was a scientist?
4 Styles of research
5 Scientific communication
6 Authority and influence
7 From craft to science
8 Invention, research and industrial innovation
9 Big science
10 Paying for science
11 Science as a cultural import
12 The sciences of society
13 Science and war
14 Science and social need
Question and answers
Picture sources
Index

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