Eugene Pleasants Odum (September 17, 1913 – August 10, 2002) was an American biologist at the University of Georgia known for his pioneering work on ecosystem ecology. He and his brother Howard T. Odum wrote the popular ecology textbook, Fundamentals of Ecology (1953). The Odum School of Ecology is named in his honor. Odum won the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (1977...(展开全部)

The sociology of science is dominated by relativists who argue that the content of science is not influenced by evidence from the empirical world but is instead socially constructed in the laboratory. "Making Science" is a critique by a sociologist of the social constructivist position. Stephen Cole begins by making a distinction between two kinds of knowledge: the core, which ...(展开全部)

The sociology of science is dominated by relativists who argue that the content of science is not influenced by evidence from the empirical world but is instead socially constructed in the laboratory. "Making Science" is a critique by a sociologist of the social constructivist position. Stephen Cole begins by making a distinction between two kinds of knowledge: the core, which ...(展开全部)

Science, Technology and Society: A Sociological Approach is a comprehensive guide to the emergent field of science, technology, and society (STS) studies and its implications for today’s culture and society. Discusses current STS topics, research tools, and theories Tackles some of the most urgent issues in current STS studies, including power and culture, race, gender, co...(展开全部)

In its concern with science as an essentially human enterprise, Science, Faith and Society makes an original and challenging contribution to the philosophy of science. On its appearance in 1946 the book quickly became the focus of controversy. Polanyi aims to show that science must be understood as a community of inquirers held together by a common faith; science, he argues, ...(展开全部)

迈克尔·波兰尼（Michael Polanyi，1891-1976） 匈牙利裔英国哲学家，他原本是一个卓有建树的物理化学家，后来转向哲学、社会科学的研究，在物理化学、经济学和哲学等领域都做出了重要的理论贡献。意会认知论是波兰尼思想体系中的核心理论。他不但系统地探讨了意会认识的结构、运行机制、地位和作用，还将这些分析应用于对科学、社会以及许多传统哲学问题的思考。波兰尼的思想广袤深邃，一生著述众多，包括《个人知识》《科学、信仰与社会》《认知与存在》《社会、经济和哲学——波兰尼文选》等。

This is a comprehensive and systematic exploration of the place of science in democratic societies. In this successor to his pioneering "Science, Truth, and Democracy", renowned philosopher Philip Kitcher explores the challenges of integrating science, the most successful knowledge-generating system of all time, with the problems of democracy. Kitcher considers a variety of exa...(展开全部)

當醫學遇上社會學，究竟會碰撞出什麼樣的火花呢？本書邀請了國內三十三位生物醫學界和社會人文學界學有專精的學者與教授，以日常生活中的醫療、健康實例做為主題，將他們多年的學術研究轉譯成趣味盎然，淺顯易懂的短文，使讀者能在醫療中看見社會的多重意義，破解以為「醫療中立，不受社會影響」的迷思；使讀者能進一步瞭解，醫療為達到維護眾人健康的目的，必須正視醫療領域中知識、權力關係的不平等，以及社會資源分配不公平等議題。 本書共分成「另類醫療」、「醫療專業的興起與變遷」、 「醫學知識與權力」、「醫療政策與市場」、 「身體經驗」、「工作與健康不平等」、 「醫療技術」、「風險與醫療爭議」等八大篇， 篇篇精彩的文章帶領讀者，從醫療社會學、公共衛生、以及科技與社會的視野，思考、審視「醫療與社會」的關係，期盼本書能激發更多的對話與創見。

This is the first volume of a modern introduction to quantum field theory which addresses both mathematicians and physicists ranging from advanced undergraduate students to professional scientists. The book tries to bridge the existing gap between the different languages used by mathematicians and physicists. For students of mathematics it is shown that detailed knowledge of th...(展开全部)