Johns Hopkins University Press (2010)
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Steven Shapin argues that science, for all its immense authority and power, is and always has been a human endeavor, subject to human capacities and limits.
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Keywords | Science Social aspects Science History |
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Call number | Q175.5.S465 2010 |
ISBN(s) | 0801894204 0801894212 9780801894206 9780801894213 |
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