{"product_id":"cultural-boundaries-of-science-thomas-f-gieryn-9780226292625","title":"Cultural Boundaries of Science: Credibility on the Line","description":"Why is science so credible? Usual answers center on scientists' objective methods or their powerful instruments. In his new book, Thomas Gieryn argues that a better explanation for the cultural authority of science lies downstream, when scientific claims leave laboratories and enter courtrooms, boardrooms, and living rooms. On such occasions, we use \"maps\" to decide who to believe-cultural maps demarcating \"science\" from pseudoscience, ideology, faith, or nonsense. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gieryn looks at episodes of boundary-work: Was phrenology good science? How about cold fusion? Is social science really scientific? Is organic farming? After centuries of disputes like these, Gieryn finds no stable criteria that absolutely distinguish science from non-science. Science remains a pliable cultural space, flexibly reshaped to claim credibility for some beliefs while denying it to others. In a timely epilogue, Gieryn finds this same controversy at the heart of the raging \"science wars.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas F. Gieryn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226292622\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226292625\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 6.04w x 1.01d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/1998 pg. 713","brand":"Thomas F. Gieryn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46880903266559,"sku":"9780226292625","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a1287d1e-1ada-4f10-957b-826b7a41affd.jpg?v=1747970070","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cultural-boundaries-of-science-thomas-f-gieryn-9780226292625","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}