Science and Society

by Hilary Rose

Edgeworn jacket with nicks and creases to the edges; spine foot chipped with taped label across. Front flap price clipped. Various library markings throughout. The rear pastedown hinge has been reinforced with tape. All content is clear.

Genres: Nonfiction

294 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1969

About the author

Hilary Ann Rose (born 1935) is a British sociologist. Rose has published extensively in the sociology of science from a feminist perspective and has held numerous appointments in the UK, the US, Australia, Austria, Norway, Finland and at the Swedish Collegium for the Advanced Study of the Social Science. She is visiting research professor of sociology at the London School of Economics and Professor Emerita of Social Policy at the University of Bradford. She was the Gresham Professor of Physic between 1999 and 2002. In 1997 she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Faculty of Social Sciences at Uppsala University, Sweden for her contribution to the feminist sociology of science.

Reviews

[James Millen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very thought provoking, perhaps scientists are the worst people to decide what science should be done!