The Scientific Life: A Moral History of a Late Modern Vocation
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Who are scientists? What kind of people are they? What capacities and virtues are thought to stand behind their considerable authority? They are experts--indeed, highly respected experts--authorized to describe and interpret the natural world and widely trusted to help transform knowledge into power and profit. But are they morally different from other people? The Scientific Life is historian Steven Shapin's story about who scientists are, who we...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0226750248
ISBN13:9780226750248
Release Date:October 2008
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:488 Pages
Weight:1.80 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 6.6" x 9.3"
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