A social history of truth : civility and science in seventeenth-century England / Steven Shapin.
| Author/creator |
Shapin, Steven |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1995. |
| Description | xxxi, 483 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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| Series | Science and its conceptual foundations Science and its conceptual foundations. ^A223739 |
| Contents | The great civility : trust, truth, and moral order -- "Who was then a gentleman?" : integrity and gentle identity in early modern England -- A social history of truth-telling : knowledge, social practice, and the credibility of gentlemen -- Who was Robert Boyle? : the creation and presentation of an experimental identity -- Epistemological decorum : the practical management of factual testimony -- Knowing about people and knowing about things : a moral history of scientific credibility -- Certainty and civility : mathematics and Boyle's experimental conversation -- Invisible technicians : masters, servants, and the making of experimental knowledge -- Epilogue : the way we live now. |
| General note | "Published 1994; Paperback edition 1995"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-465) and index. |
| LCCN | 93041950 |
| ISBN | 0226750191 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780226750194 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0226750183 |
| ISBN | 9780226750187 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Laupus | Books - Stacks | Q 175.52 G7 S529 1995 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |