{"id":33623,"date":"2011-08-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.observa.it\/science-in-society-introduction-to-sociology-of-science\/"},"modified":"2024-05-07T09:41:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T09:41:01","slug":"science-in-society-introduction-to-sociology-of-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.observa.it\/en\/science-in-society-introduction-to-sociology-of-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Science in society. 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Theories covered include Thomas Kuhn\u2019s theory of scientific change, the sociology of scientific knowledge, actor-network theory, and the social construction of technology.<\/p>\n<p>This highly readable text will be essential reading for all students studying the sociology of science.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Massimiano Bucchi<\/strong>\u00a0teaches Science Technology and Society at the University of Trento. Among his books,\u00a0<em>Scientisti e antiscientisti. Perch\u00e9 scienza e societ\u00e0 non si capiscono<\/em>\u00a0(il Mulino 2010),\u00a0<em>Beyond Technocracy. Science, Politics and Citizens<\/em>\u00a0(Springer 2009) and\u00a0<em>Handbook of Public Communication of Science and Technology<\/em>\u00a0(with B. Trench, New York 2008).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world around us has been shaped by science and man\u2019s relationship to it, and in recent years sociologists have been increasingly preoccupied with the latter. 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