An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies

An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies, Second Edition reflects the latest advances in the field while continuing to provide students with a road map to the complex interdisciplinary terrain of science and technology studies.

• Distinctive in its attention to both the underlying philosophical and sociological aspects of science and technology
• Explores core topics such as realism and social construction, discourse and rhetoric, objectivity, and the public understanding of science  
• Includes numerous empirical studies and illustrative examples to elucidate the topics discussed
• Now includes new material on  political economies of scientific and technological knowledge, and democratizing technical decisions
• Other features of the new edition include improved readability, updated references, chapter reorganization, and more material on medicine and technology

• The Golem, Second Edition: What You Should Know About Science (Canto Classics)
• Research Ethics: A Reader
• The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary Edition
• The Golem at Large: What You Should Know about Technology (Canto)
• Student's Guide to Writing College Papers: Fourth Edition (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
• Knowledge, Power, and Practice (Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care)
• Social Theory: A Historical Introduction. Second edition.
• Science in Action: How to Follow Scientists and Engineers Through Society
• Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory (Clarendon Lectures in Management Studies)
• Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)