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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as science-studies)
avg rating 4.03 — 30,147 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 3.98 — 541 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 — 2,664 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 4.03 — 661 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 — 809,572 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 — 565 ratings — published 1979
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Objectivity Objectivity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as science-studies)
avg rating 4.30 — 420 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 4.23 — 288 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 — 1,902 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 3.62 — 86 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 — 1,162 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 — 787 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 4.26 — 2,469 ratings — published 2019
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Silent Spring Silent Spring (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as science-studies)
avg rating 4.06 — 55,361 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 4.09 — 275 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 — 263 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 — 8,137 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 — 906 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)
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avg rating 4.12 — 9,638 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 3.71 — 328 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 — 182 ratings — published 1978
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The Two Cultures The Two Cultures (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.66 — 1,530 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 — 284 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 — 8,261 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 3.82 — 392 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 4.29 — 163 ratings — published 2006
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The Ghost Map The Ghost Map (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.89 — 56,588 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 — 9,341 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 — 600 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 — 1,905 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 — 64 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 3.91 — 80 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 — 235 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 — 14 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 4.34 — 718 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 4.02 — 329 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 3.92 — 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 — 274 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 — 762 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 — 169 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 — 195 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 — 204 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 4.25 — 340 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 3.97 — 37 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 — 324 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