The Scientific Life: A Moral History of a Late Modern Vocation by Steven Shapin

The Scientific Life: A Moral History of a Late Modern Vocation

Steven Shapin

488 pages 2008

3 editions

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
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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 wi...

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