Value-Free Science?: Purity and Power in Modern Knowledge

by Robert N. Proctor

Why have scientists shied away from politics, or defended their work as value free? How has the ideal of neutrality come to dominate the world of science? These are some of the central questions that Robert Proctor addresses in his study of the politics of modern science.

Value-Free Science? emphasizes the importance of understanding the political origins and impact of scientific ideas. Proctor lucidly demonstrates how value-neutrality...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067493170X
• ISBN13: 9780674931701
• Release Date: October 1991
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"