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A House Built on Sand

A House Built on Sand Hard cover - 1998

by Noretta Koertge

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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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Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Offers detailed critiques of case studies presented by cultural critics as evidence that scientific results tell us more about social context than they do about the natural world. This work identifies numerous crude factual blunders (li
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  • Title A House Built on Sand
  • Author Noretta Koertge
  • Binding Hard Cover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, New York
  • Date 1998-08-27
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ria9780195117257_pod
  • 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

About the author

Noretta Koertge is Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University. A former chemist, she studied philosophy of science at the University of London and is the author of numerous articles on the methodology of both the natural and social sciences. She co-wrote (with Daphne Patai) Professing Feminism: Cautionary Tales from the Strange World of Women's Studies.