A House Built on Sand: Exposing Postmodernist Myths About Science Hardcover - 1998
by Koertge, Noretta
- Used
- Hardcover
Cultural critics argue that the results of scientific inquiry is shaped by ideological and political agendas. This hard-hitting collection of essays offers crisp and detailed critiques of case studies as evidence that scientific investigation today tells us more about social context than about the natural world. This book raises a lively debate to a new level of seriousness. 17 linecuts.
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- Title A House Built on Sand: Exposing Postmodernist Myths About Science
- Author Koertge, Noretta
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1
- Condition Used: Good
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, New York
- Date 1998-08-27
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # SONG0195117255
- ISBN 9780195117257 / 0195117255
- Weight 1.38 lbs (0.63 kg)
- Dimensions 9.42 x 6.41 x 1.1 in (23.93 x 16.28 x 2.79 cm)
- Reading level 1510
- Library of Congress subjects Science, Science - Social aspects
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97047506
- Dewey Decimal Code 501
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- Library Journal, 06/15/1998, Page 103