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。

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)

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)

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)

“Goodbye, beliefs in sex differences disguised as evolutionary facts. Welcome the dragon slayer: Cordelia Fine wittily but meticulously lays bare the irrational arguments that we use to justify gender politics.”―Uta Frith, emeritus professor of cognitive development, University College London Many people believe that, at its core, biological sex is a fundamental, diverging forc...(展开全部)

李约瑟 Dr.Joseph Needham (1900-1995)，全名 Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham，英国人，剑桥大学李约瑟研究所名誉所长，长期致力于中国科技史研究。李约瑟博士是英国著名科学家、英国皇家学会会员(FRS)、英国学术院院士 (FBA)。 早年以生物化学研究而著称，30-40年代出版了《化学胚胎学》(三卷本) 及《生物化学与形态发生》，在国际生化界享有盛誉。1954年，李约瑟出版了《中国科学技术史》第一卷，轰动西方汉学界。他在这部计有三十四分册的系列巨著中，以浩瀚的史料、确凿的证据向世界表明：“中国文明在科学技术史上曾起过从来没有被认识到的巨大作用”，“在现代科学技术登场前十多个世纪，中国在科技和知识方面的积累远胜于西方”。被誉为“20世纪的伟大学者”、“百科全书式的人物”。 译者张卜天，杰出青年译...(展开全部)