The golem: what you should know about science
"What is the Golem? In Jewish mythology the Golem is an effigy or image brought to life. While not evil, it is a strong, clumsy, and incomplete servant. Through a series of case studies, ranging from relativity and cold fusion to memory in worms and the sex lives of lizards, Harry Collins and Trevor Pinch debunk the traditional view that science is the straightforward result of competent theorisation, observation and experimentation and show that scientific certainty is the interpretation of am…
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- Full title :The golem : what you should know about science / Harry Collins, Trevor Pinch.
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"What is the Golem? In Jewish mythology the Golem is an effigy or image brought to life. While not evil, it is a strong, clumsy, and incomplete servant. Through a series of case studies, ranging from relativity and cold fusion to memory in worms and the sex lives of lizards, Harry Collins and Trevor Pinch debunk the traditional view that science is the straightforward result of competent theorisation, observation and experimentation and show that scientific certainty is the interpretation of ambiguous results."
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- Publication Date:©1998.
- Edition:2nd ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge [England]
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1998.
The Physical Object
- Description:xix, 192 pages : : illustrations ; : 22 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0521645506, 9780521645508, 1107604656, 9781107604650, 0521477360, 9780521477369
- oclc:ocm40281662
- LC Classification:QA125
- Dewey Decimal:500
Table of Contents
The golem -- Edible knowledge : the chemical transfer of memory -- Two experiments that 'proved' the theory of relativity -- The sun in a test tube : the story of cold fusion -- The germs of dissent : Louis Pasteur and the origins of life -- A new window on the universe : the non-detection of gravitational radiation -- The sex life of the whiptail lizard -- Set the controls for the heart of the sun : the strange story of the missing solar neutrinos -- Putting the golem to work -- Golem and the scientists.
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