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Title: A Social History of Truth: Civility and Science in Seventeenth-Century England (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations) by Steven Shapin ISBN: 0-226-75019-1 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: October, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)

Rating: 4
Summary: A good argument about the importance of trust in science
Comment: Many popular books about science (especially about evolution) set scientists up as skeptics who argue for knowledge based on experience and facts, rather than authority. If you think science is about being skeptical, you might find this book interesting because it argues for the importance of trust and belief in authority in all scientific work. I found the history interesting as well, including descriptions of several of Boyle's eperiments, a debate about the path of a comet, and a 17th century nondisclosure agreement. The main downside for the layman is that book can be slow going and is not an easy read. There's a lot of generalizing about what 17th century gentleman and scientists were like that I think would have been more entertainingly done through narrative and anecdote rather than bland quotations. Still, all in all this is an informative book about the philosophy of science.

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