Science in civil society / John Ziman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ziman, J. M. (John M.), 1925-2005, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Social aspects.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (357 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Exeter, UK : Imprint Academic, [2007]

Summary:

These days, science is everywhere. It pervades our whole society. Sometimes it is just a clutter of commonplace frivolities, like new fashion fabrics. Sometimes it miraculously preserves our life, like penicillin. Sometimes, like climate change, it looms over us as a portent of doom: sometimes it promises a way of escape from such a fate. Sometimes, like a nuclear warhead, it enshrouds us in political terror: sometimes, like a verification technology, it offers an antidote to such evils. How should we respond to this ambiguous and ubiquitous thing called science?.

Contents:

Cover ; Contents ; Front Matter ; Title Page ; Preface ; Science in Civil Society ; What Is Science For?; Instrumental and Pre-Instrumental Roles ; The Non-Instrumental Roles of Science; Producing Knowledgeable People; The Rise of Technoscience; Academic Science as a Non-Instrumental Mode of Knowledge Production ; The Transition to Post-Academic Science; Post-Academic Science as a Social Institution ; Belief and Action; The Pluralism of Global Knowledge; Science In Post-Modern Society; Science, Citizenship and Civil Society; Back Matter ; Bibliography; Also Available

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 12, 2016).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-84540-599-4

OCLC:

941700181