{"product_id":"science-as-it-could-have-lena-soler-9780822944454","title":"Science as It Could Have Been: Discussing the Contingency\/Inevitability Problem","description":"Could all or part of our taken-as-established scientific conclusions, theories, experimental data, ontological commitments, and so forth have been significantly different? Science as It Could Have Been focuses on a crucial issue that contemporary science studies have often neglected: the issue of contingency within science. It considers a number of case studies, past and present, from a wide range of scientific disciplines--physics, biology, geology, mathematics, and psychology--to explore whether components of human science are inevitable, or if we could have developed an alternative successful science based on essentially different notions, conceptions, and results. Bringing together a group of distinguished contributors in philosophy, sociology, and history of science, this edited volume offers a comprehensive analysis of the contingency\/inevitability problem and a lively and up-to-date portrait of current debates in science studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lena Soler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822944456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822944454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.24h x 5.34w x 1.32d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2016","brand":"Lena Soler","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45896490057983,"sku":"9780822944454","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_43ad684b-e5e6-458a-8d46-3c4e0cfe24dc.jpg?v=1721371542","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/science-as-it-could-have-lena-soler-9780822944454","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}