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A Social History of Truth: Civility and Science in Seventeenth-Century England

by Steven Shapin

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read in December 2007

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Maria said: " This is a fascinating book, but for every page of actual argument, it engages in three pages of preemptive defense against critiques arising from obscure humanist turf wars. JESUS FUCKING CHRIST SHUT UP ALREADY AND GET TO THE POINT. "

Jan 12, 2008 09:42PM · see review

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