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  1. Central Problems in Social Theory: Action, Structure and Contradiction in Social Analysis.Anthony Giddens - 1980 - Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 41 (1):246-247.
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  • Misunderstanding science?: the public reconstruction of science and technology.Alan Irwin & Brian Wynne (eds.) - 1996 - New York: Cambridge University Press.
    Misunderstanding Science? offers a challenging new perspective on the public understanding of science. In so doing, it also challenges existing ideas of the nature of science and its relationships with society. Its analysis and case presentation are highly relevant to current concerns over the uptake, authority, and effectiveness of science as expressed, for example, in areas such as education, medical/health practice, risk and the environment, technological innovation. Based on several in-depth case-studies, and informed theoretically by the sociology of scientific knowledge, (...)
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  • Changing order: replication and induction in scientific practice.Harry Collins - 1985 - Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
    This fascinating study in the sociology of science explores the way scientists conduct, and draw conclusions from, their experiments. The book is organized around three case studies: replication of the TEA-laser, detecting gravitational rotation, and some experiments in the paranormal. "In his superb book, Collins shows why the quest for certainty is disappointed. He shows that standards of replication are, of course, social, and that there is consequently no outside standard, no Archimedean point beyond society from which we can lever (...)
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  • Representing Uncertainty in Global Climate Change Science and Policy: Boundary-Ordering Devices and Authority.Brian Wynne & Simon Shackley - 1996 - Science, Technology and Human Values 21 (3):275-302.
    This article argues that, in public and policy contexts, the ways in which many scientists talk about uncertainty in simulations of future climate change not only facilitates communications and cooperation between scientific and policy communities but also affects the perceived authority of science. Uncertainty tends to challenge the authority of chmate science, especially if it is used for policy making, but the relationship between authority and uncertainty is not simply an inverse one. In policy contexts, many scientists are compelled to (...)
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  • Useful knowledge, social agency, and legitimation 'Useful'knowledge in this context means valid and socially legitimate, as well as being of more immediate practical relevance and use. It is often found that expert.Alan Irwin & Brian Wynne - 1996 - In Alan Irwin & Brian Wynne (eds.), Misunderstanding science?: the public reconstruction of science and technology. New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 213.
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  • The bias of science.Brian Martin - 1979 - Canberra: Society for Social Responsibility in Science.
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