Ideas on the Nature of Science

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David Cayley (Editor) $24.95 Paperback Published October 9, 2009 - In Stock Goose Lane Editions

If science is neither cookery, nor angelic virtuosity, then what is it? Modern societies have tended to take science for granted as a way of knowing, ordering, and controlling the world, where everything was subject to science, but science itself has largely escaped scrutiny. In this fascinating collection of interviews, CBC Radio's Ideas producer David Cayley talks to some of the world's most provocative thinkers about how the ideas of science have directed human thought and shaped human society. Contributors include: Steven Shapin, Simon Schaffer, Margaret Lock, Arthur Zajonc, Rupert Sheldrake, Sajay Samuel, Evelyn Fox Keller, Richard Lewontin, Ruth Hubbard, Ulrich Beck, David Abram, and many others.

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