Science Studies Books

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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as science-studies)
avg rating 4.02 — 30,505 ratings — published 1962
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Leviathan and the Air-Pump: Hobbes, Boyle, and the Experimental Life Leviathan and the Air-Pump: Hobbes, Boyle, and the Experimental Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as science-studies)
avg rating 3.97 — 545 ratings — published 1985
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We Have Never Been Modern We Have Never Been Modern (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as science-studies)
avg rating 3.91 — 2,685 ratings — published 1991
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Science in Action: How to Follow Scientists and Engineers Through Society Science in Action: How to Follow Scientists and Engineers Through Society (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as science-studies)
avg rating 4.04 — 664 ratings — published 1987
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as science-studies)
avg rating 4.13 — 816,052 ratings — published 2010
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Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as science-studies)
avg rating 3.92 — 569 ratings — published 1979
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Objectivity Objectivity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as science-studies)
avg rating 4.30 — 424 ratings — published 2007
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Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.24 — 289 ratings — published 1935
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Simians, Cyborgs, and Women: The Reinvention of Nature Simians, Cyborgs, and Women: The Reinvention of Nature (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 1,913 ratings — published 1990
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Epistemic Cultures: How the Sciences Make Knowledge Epistemic Cultures: How the Sciences Make Knowledge (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.63 — 87 ratings — published 1999
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Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as science-studies)
avg rating 3.98 — 1,174 ratings — published 2005
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Pollution Is Colonialism Pollution Is Colonialism (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as science-studies)
avg rating 4.47 — 817 ratings — published 2021
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Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as science-studies)
avg rating 4.25 — 2,508 ratings — published 2019
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Silent Spring Silent Spring (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as science-studies)
avg rating 4.06 — 55,964 ratings — published 1962
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A Foray Into the Worlds of Animals and Humans: With a Theory of Meaning A Foray Into the Worlds of Animals and Humans: With a Theory of Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as science-studies)
avg rating 4.07 — 277 ratings — published 1934
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The Taming Of Chance (Ideas in Context) The Taming Of Chance (Ideas in Context)
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avg rating 3.89 — 266 ratings — published 1990
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Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as science-studies)
avg rating 4.17 — 8,214 ratings — published 2010
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Sciences from Below: Feminisms, Postcolonialities, and Modernities (Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies) Sciences from Below: Feminisms, Postcolonialities, and Modernities (Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies)
by (shelved 4 times as science-studies)
avg rating 3.68 — 44 ratings — published 2008
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How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as science-studies)
avg rating 4.08 — 915 ratings — published 1999
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The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as science-studies)
avg rating 4.12 — 9,687 ratings — published 1966
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The Invention of Modern Science The Invention of Modern Science (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.72 — 50 ratings — published 1993
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Politics of Nature: How to Bring the Sciences into Democracy Politics of Nature: How to Bring the Sciences into Democracy (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as science-studies)
avg rating 3.72 — 334 ratings — published 1999
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Science in a Free Society Science in a Free Society (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as science-studies)
avg rating 4.02 — 183 ratings — published 1978
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The Two Cultures The Two Cultures (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as science-studies)
avg rating 3.66 — 1,541 ratings — published 1959
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The Whale and the Reactor: A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology The Whale and the Reactor: A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as science-studies)
avg rating 4.09 — 285 ratings — published 1986
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The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as science-studies)
avg rating 3.96 — 8,448 ratings — published 2015
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Undoing Monogamy: The Politics of Science and the Possibilities of Biology Undoing Monogamy: The Politics of Science and the Possibilities of Biology (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as science-studies)
avg rating 4.13 — 90 ratings — published 2016
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Facing Gaia: A New Inquiry into Natural Religion Facing Gaia: A New Inquiry into Natural Religion (ebook)
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avg rating 3.81 — 398 ratings — published 2013
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An Engine, Not a Camera: How Financial Models Shape Markets (Inside Technology) An Engine, Not a Camera: How Financial Models Shape Markets (Inside Technology)
by (shelved 3 times as science-studies)
avg rating 4.30 — 167 ratings — published 2006
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The Ghost Map The Ghost Map (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.89 — 56,974 ratings — published 2006
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The Mismeasure of Man The Mismeasure of Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as science-studies)
avg rating 4.06 — 9,384 ratings — published 1982
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Science and the Modern World Science and the Modern World (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 611 ratings — published 1926
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Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-First Century Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as science-studies)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,917 ratings — published 2011
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Philosophy of Science: The Central Issues Philosophy of Science: The Central Issues (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as science-studies)
avg rating 4.24 — 386 ratings — published 1998
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Designs on Nature: Science and Democracy in Europe and the United States Designs on Nature: Science and Democracy in Europe and the United States (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as science-studies)
avg rating 4.14 — 44 ratings — published 2005
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The Scientific Life: A Moral History of a Late Modern Vocation The Scientific Life: A Moral History of a Late Modern Vocation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as science-studies)
avg rating 3.55 — 65 ratings — published 2008
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Science, Policy, and the Value-Free Ideal Science, Policy, and the Value-Free Ideal (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as science-studies)
avg rating 3.89 — 82 ratings — published 2009
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Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as science-studies)
avg rating 4.07 — 236 ratings — published 1989
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Shaping Science with Rhetoric: The Cases of Dobzhansky, Schrodinger, and Wilson Shaping Science with Rhetoric: The Cases of Dobzhansky, Schrodinger, and Wilson (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as science-studies)
avg rating 3.93 — 15 ratings — published 2001
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Meeting the Universe Halfway: Quantum Physics and the Entanglement of Matter and Meaning Meeting the Universe Halfway: Quantum Physics and the Entanglement of Matter and Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as science-studies)
avg rating 4.33 — 735 ratings — published 2006
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Pandora’s Hope: Essays on the Reality of Science Studies Pandora’s Hope: Essays on the Reality of Science Studies (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as science-studies)
avg rating 4.01 — 333 ratings — published 1999
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The Disorder of Things: Metaphysical Foundations of the Disunity of Science The Disorder of Things: Metaphysical Foundations of the Disunity of Science (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as science-studies)
avg rating 3.94 — 49 ratings — published 1993
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What Is Life? What Is Life? (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as science-studies)
avg rating 4.33 — 275 ratings — published 1995
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Why Trust Science? (The University Center for Human Values Series) Why Trust Science? (The University Center for Human Values Series)
by (shelved 2 times as science-studies)
avg rating 3.85 — 776 ratings — published 2019
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Drugs for Life: How Pharmaceutical Companies Define Our Health (Experimental Futures) Drugs for Life: How Pharmaceutical Companies Define Our Health (Experimental Futures)
by (shelved 2 times as science-studies)
avg rating 4.15 — 170 ratings — published 2012
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The Ghost of the Executed Engineer: Technology and the Fall of the Soviet Union (Russian Research Center Studies) The Ghost of the Executed Engineer: Technology and the Fall of the Soviet Union (Russian Research Center Studies)
by (shelved 2 times as science-studies)
avg rating 3.84 — 196 ratings — published 1993
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The Dialectical Biologist The Dialectical Biologist (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as science-studies)
avg rating 4.40 — 209 ratings — published 1985
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Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 42) Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 42)
by (shelved 2 times as science-studies)
avg rating 4.26 — 345 ratings — published 1973
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Making Sense of Life: Explaining Biological Development with Models, Metaphors, and Machines Making Sense of Life: Explaining Biological Development with Models, Metaphors, and Machines (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as science-studies)
avg rating 4.00 — 38 ratings — published 2002
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Ingenious Pursuits: Building the Scientific Revolution Ingenious Pursuits: Building the Scientific Revolution (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as science-studies)
avg rating 3.77 — 328 ratings — published 1999
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Donna J. Haraway
“From this point of view, science - the real game in town - is rhetoric, a series of efforts to persuade relevant social actors that one's manufactured knowledge is a route to a desired form of very objective power.”
Donna Haraway