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The force of knowledge : the scientific dimension of society / John Ziman.

Van Pelt Library Q175.5 .Z54
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Ziman, J. M. (John M.), 1925-2005.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Science--Social aspects.
Science.
Physical Description:
ix, 374 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Place of Publication:
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1976.
Contents:
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.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0521206499.
052109917X
OCLC:
2072392

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