{"product_id":"are-we-all-scientific-experts-now-hardback-9780745682037","title":"Are We All Scientific Experts Now? (Hardback) 9780745682037","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAre We All Scientific Experts Now?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHarry Collins (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745682037, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 February 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e140 pages\u003cbr\u003e19.8 x 13.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.249 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"To the extent we might come to witness a reaction against the fallen idol of everyone thinking they are an expert, Are We All Scientific Experts Now? might come to be a classic, a Gangnam Style shot across the STS bow.\" (\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMetascience\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In his remarkable manifesto, sociologist Harry Collins, a major voice in the field of science studies, answers the provocative question presented in the book’s title: Are We All Scientific Experts Now? Collins starts out by outlining science's fall from grace in the public’s eye and by presenting a tongue-in-cheek caricature of scientific expertise based on the zeitgeist he holds responsible for the distortions.\" (\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhysics Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A valuable contribution to the ways in which we ascribe value to expertise.... Although Collins convincingly answers the book’s title question with a resounding 'no', what is most interesting and refreshing about his analysis is that it enables people holding different kinds of expertise to recognise their role in scientific debate.\" (\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLSE Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Certainly a book for those who are interested in science and its role in society. For those who are curious about how scientists tackle problems and why they do often have the answers, it should prove illuminating.\" (\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This brave, thoughtful little book should be sent to every newspaper editor. Collins doesn't write with Ben Goldacre's righteous anger, but his careful, nuanced scholarship is just as persuasive.\" (\u003cb\u003eSeamus O'Mahony, \u003ci\u003eDublin Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Masterful new book.\" (\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Brief book with a very high level argument relying a lot on his experience... this kind of nuanced, important thinking about science and expertise is a wonderful gift from Collins that I truly hope we don't squander.\" (\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStark Reality\u003c\/i\u003e - Todd I. Stark\u003c\/b\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"I read this short book with admiration - an analysis by a social scientist which (unlike much of that genre) should resonate with most actual researchers.\"(\u003cb\u003eMartin Rees, Astronomer Royal and Former President of the Royal Society\u003c\/b\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Packed into a slim polemic that succinctly yet movingly distills years of painstaking research into expertise, Harry Collins delivers an immensely rich book— a thorough cultural and intellectual analysis of why attitudes towards scientific expertise have changed, and why a new view of them needs to be adopted, to preserve society. Readers who are new to Collins's ideas will find come away with a fresh take on explosive controversies, including Climategate and anti-vaccination campaigns. Long time readers of Collins will be amazed at how accessible his technical arguments are and the big impact that's made by seeing them integrated into a gripping, short-form narrative.\"(\u003cb\u003eEvan Selinger, Rochester Institute of Technology\u003c\/b\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[O]ne of the best examples of 'practical philosophy of science for regular people' I have encountered.\" (\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eScienceBlogs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo ordinary people, science used to seem infallible. Scientists were heroes, selflessly pursuing knowledge for the common good. More recently, a series of scientific scandals, frauds and failures have led us to question science’s pre-eminence. Revelations such as Climategate, or debates about the safety of the MMR vaccine, have dented our confidence in science.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this provocative new book Harry Collins seeks to redeem scientific expertise, and reasserts science’s special status. Despite the messy realities of day-to-day scientific endeavor, he emphasizes the superior moral qualities of science, dismissing the dubious “default” expertise displayed by many of those outside the scientific community. Science, he argues, should serve as an example to ordinary citizens of how to think and act, and not the other way round.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFigures and Tables page vi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction: The Growing Crisis of Expertise 1\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Academics and How the World Feels 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Experts 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Citizen Sceptics 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Citizen Whistle-blowers 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConclusion: Are We All Experts Now? 115\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes 133\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBibliography 138\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex 142\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407336435992,"sku":"9780745682037","price":39.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745682037.jpg?v=1784163229","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/are-we-all-scientific-experts-now-hardback-9780745682037","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}