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 Free Download Science in Society: An Introduction to Social Studies of Science (Key Concepts) by Massimiano Bucchi English | February 5, 2004 | ISBN: 0415321999, 0415322006 | True EPUB | 168 pages | 0.9 MB The world around us is continually being shaped by science, and by society's relationship to it. In recent years sociologists have been increasingly preoccupied with the latter, and now in this fascinating book, Massimiano Bucchi provides a brief introduction to this topical issue.  Free Download Science and Public Reason (The Earthscan Science in Society Series) by Sheila Jasanoff English | June 26, 2012 | ISBN: 0415524865, 0415624681 | True EPUB | 290 pages | 0.7 MB This collection of essays by Sheila Jasanoff explores how democratic governments construct public reason, that is, the forms of evidence and argument used in making state decisions accountable to citizens.
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