{"product_id":"pandoras-hope-bruno-latour-9780674653368","title":"Pandora's Hope: Essays on the Reality of Science Studies","description":"\u003cp\u003eA scientist friend asked Bruno Latour point-blank: \"Do you believe in reality?\" Taken aback by this strange query, Latour offers his meticulous response in \u003ci\u003ePandora's Hope\u003c\/i\u003e. It is a remarkable argument for understanding the reality of science in practical terms. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book, Latour, identified by Richard Rorty as the new \"b黎e noire of the science worshipers,\" gives us his most philosophically informed book since \u003ci\u003eScience in Action\u003c\/i\u003e. Through case studies of scientists in the Amazon analyzing soil and in Pasteur's lab studying the fermentation of lactic acid, he shows us the myriad steps by which events in the material world are transformed into items of scientific knowledge. Through many examples in the world of technology, we see how the material and human worlds come together and are reciprocally transformed in this process. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhy, Latour asks, did the idea of an independent reality, free of human interaction, emerge in the first place? His answer to this question, harking back to the debates between Might and Right narrated by Plato, points to the real stakes in the so-called science wars: the perplexed submission of ordinary people before the warring forces of claimants to the ultimate truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruno LaTour\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 067465336X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674653368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.31h x 6.11w x 0.83d","brand":"Bruno LaTour","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925564293375,"sku":"9780674653368","price":36.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_a20d9b92-d305-432b-9da2-4f4016298adc.jpg?v=1681078018","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pandoras-hope-bruno-latour-9780674653368","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}