Science and Cultural Context: Soviet Scientists in Comparative Perspective (Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI Studies))

By Nina Toren

Drawing on the idea that science is not culture free or context independent, this book examines the ways in which scientists' beliefs, conceptions, values and attitudes vary according to sociocultural contexts. Soviet scientists who immigrated to Israel in the 1970s are compared to scientists from the United States in respect to their value orientations, work attitudes, importance attributed to scientific autonomy, and conception of the relationships between science and society. The study identifies the aspects which are culture specific and those which are stable across cultures and transnational.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820406686
• ISBN13: 9780820406688
• Release Date: February 1989
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.3"