He has tried - in his career and, specifically, in this volume - to understand science without accepting the culture of science uncritically.

In this successor to his pioneering Science, Truth, and Democracy, the author revisits the topic explored in his previous work—namely, the challenges of integ

Conventional wisdom has it that the sciences, properly pursued, constitute a pure, value-free method of obtaining knowledge about the natural world. In light of

Science, Technology and Society: A Sociological Approach is a comprehensive guide to the emergent field of science, technology, and society (STS) studies and it

"In this concices and luminous book ... [Russell] examines the changes in modern life brought about by science. he suggests that its work in transforming societ