
- Publishing house :
- PENGUIN BOOKS
- Year of edition:
- 1998
- ISBN:
- 978-1-107-60465-0
- Pages :
- 192
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THE GOLEM
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT SCIENCE
HARRY M. COLLINS / TREVOR PINCH
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Harry Collins and Trevor Pinch liken science to the Golem, a creature from Jewish mythology, powerful yet potentially dangerous, a gentle, helpful creature that may yet run amok at any moment. Through a series of intriguing case studies the authors debunk the traditional view that science is the straightforward result of competent theorisation, observation and experimentation. The very well-received first edition generated much debate, reflected in a substantial new Afterword in this second edition, which seeks to place the book in what have become known as 'the science wars'.