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The No-nonsense Guide to Science

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New Internationalist, 2006 - History - 142 pages

Science is the great intellectual adventure, but can also be an instrument of profit, power, and privilege. Wrongly used, it might yet make the twenty-first century our last. To make sense of this, we need to let go of old ideas and assumptions.

This No-Nonsense Guide to Science introduces a new way of thinking about science, moving away from ideas of perfect certainty and objectivity. We must accept uncertainty and ignorance in the field, as well as the need for citizens’ participation in the policies involving science.

  

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Useful to anyone interested in thinking about the relationship between science and society. Read full review

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User Review  - Gina - Goodreads

One of the straightforward British series providing overviews of various topics, this short volume by Jerry Ravetz advances his view that we are in a post-normal period in terms of science: problems ... Read full review

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Contents

Introduction
8
Chap 1
11
Chap 2
20
Chap 4
47
Chap 6
78
Chap 7
94
Chap 9
112
Contacts
133
Index
135
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About the author (2006)

Jerome Ravetz is author of the classic study Scientific Knowledge and its Social Problems. He is a founder member of the Council for Science and Society and a pioneer in the area of science and safety. Now an independent scholar and consultant working on problems of management of uncertainty in risks and environmental issues.

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