The Golem : what you should know about science
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The Golem : what you should know about science
(Canto classics)
Cambridge University Press, 2013
2nd ed., 14th printing
- : pbk
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注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-184) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Harry Collins and Trevor Pinch liken science to the Golem, a creature from Jewish mythology, powerful yet potentially dangerous, a gentle, helpful creature that may yet run amok at any moment. Through a series of intriguing case studies the authors debunk the traditional view that science is the straightforward result of competent theorisation, observation and experimentation. The very well-received first edition generated much debate, reflected in a substantial new Afterword in this second edition, which seeks to place the book in what have become known as 'the science wars'.
目次
- Introduction: the Golem
- 1. Edible knowledge: the chemical transfer of memory
- 2. Two experiments that 'proved' the theory of relativity
- 3. The sun in a test tube: the story of cold fusion
- 4. The germs of dissent: Louis Pasteur and the origins of life
- 5. A new window on the universe: the non-detection of gravitational radiation
- 6. The sex life of the whiptail lizard
- 7. Set the controls for the heart of the sun: the strange story of the missing solar neutrinos
- Conclusion: putting the Golem to work
- Afterword
- References and further reading
- Index.
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