{"product_id":"misunderstanding-science-the-public-reconstruction-of-science-and-technology-paperback-9780521525206","title":"Misunderstanding Science?; The Public Reconstruction of Science and Technology (Paperback) 9780521525206","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMisunderstanding Science?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Public Reconstruction of Science and Technology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA challenging new perspective on the nature of modern science and its relationship with the public.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlan Irwin (Edited by), Brian Wynne (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521525206, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 3 June 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e244 pages, 3 maps  2 tables\u003cbr\u003e24.6 x 18.9 x 1.3 cm, 0.44 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'The case studies in Irwin and Wynne's volume ... contain several insights that scientists would find stimulating.' A. J. Meadows, Nature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMisunderstanding Science? offers a challenging new perspective on the public understanding of science. In so doing, it also challenges existing ideas of the nature of science and its relationships with society. Its analysis and case presentation are highly relevant to current concerns over the uptake, authority, and effectiveness of science as expressed, for example, in areas such as education, medical\/health practice, risk and the environment, technological innovation. Based on several in-depth case-studies, and informed theoretically by the sociology of scientific knowledge, the book shows how the public understanding of science questions raises issues of the epistemic commitments and institutional structures which constitute modern science. It suggests that many of the inadequacies in the social integration and uptake of science might be overcome if modern scientific institutions were more reflexive and open about the implicit normative commitments embedded in scientific cultures.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction Alan Irwin and Brian Wynne\u003cbr\u003e 1. Misunderstood misunderstandings: social identities and the public uptake of science Brian Wynne\u003cbr\u003e 2. Science and hell's kitchen: the local understanding of hazard issues Alan Irwin, Alison Dale and Denis Smith\u003cbr\u003e 3. Authorising science: public understanding of science in museums Sharon Macdonald\u003cbr\u003e 4. Disembodied knowledge? Making sense of medical science Helen Lambert and Hilary Rose\u003cbr\u003e 5. Now you see it, now you don't: mediating science and managing uncertainty in reproductive medicine Frances Price\u003cbr\u003e 6. Knowing ignorance and ignoring knowledge: discourses of ignorance in the public understanding of science Mike Michael\u003cbr\u003e 7. Insiders and outsiders: identifying experts on home ground Rosemary McKechnie\u003cbr\u003e 8. Nature's advocates: on putting science to work in environmental organisations Steven Yearley.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003739197720,"sku":"9780521525206","price":39.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521525206i_2e947bcb-307a-4884-848f-2ff82acb365d.jpg?v=1691368870","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/misunderstanding-science-the-public-reconstruction-of-science-and-technology-paperback-9780521525206","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}