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Science societies : resources for life in a technoscientific world / Sarah R. Davies.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davies, Sarah R., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Social aspects.
- Science.
- Science and civilization.
- Technology--Social aspects.
- Technology.
- Technology and civilization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol University Press 2025
- Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- What role do science and technology play in society? What is the nature of expert knowledge? What is science's relation to democracy? This introduction to science, technology, and society answers these questions, and more, by exploring contemporary research on topics such as expertise, activism, science policy, and innovation. It offers a comprehensive resource for considering the place that science and technology have in contemporary societies, and the roles that they can and should play.
- Contents:
- Introduction : science societies
- Histories and imaginations
- The mutual shaping of technoscience and society
- Representing science
- Public engagements
- Knowledge in crisis
- Experts and expertise
- Science and governance
- Technoscience, power, and justice
- Conclusion : resources for life in a technoscientific world.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 02, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Davies, Sarah R. Science societies
- ISBN:
- 9781529229028
- 1529229022
- 9781529229035
- 1529229030
- 9781529229011
- 1529229014
- OCLC:
- 1466336493
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000216648
- CIPO000135791
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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