{"product_id":"are-we-all-scientific-experts-harry-collins-9780745682037","title":"Are We All Scientific Experts Now?","description":"\u003cp\u003eTo ordinary people, science used to seem infallible. Scientists were heroes, selflessly pursuing knowledge for the common good. More recently, a series of scientific scandals, frauds and failures have led us to question science's pre-eminence. Revelations such as Climategate, or debates about the safety of the MMR vaccine, have dented our confidence in science.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this provocative new book Harry Collins seeks to redeem scientific expertise, and reasserts science's special status. Despite the messy realities of day-to-day scientific endeavor, he emphasizes the superior moral qualities of science, dismissing the dubious \"default\" expertise displayed by many of those outside the scientific community. Science, he argues, should serve as an example to ordinary citizens of how to think and act, and not the other way round.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harry Collins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745682030\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745682037\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 4.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2014 pg. 467","brand":"Harry Collins","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46685608444159,"sku":"9780745682037","price":67.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8beb0a08-7fb0-4aed-8e08-1c9b15a03882.jpg?v=1741726232","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/are-we-all-scientific-experts-harry-collins-9780745682037","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}