Natural Order: Historical Studies of Scientific Culture (SAGE Focus Editions)

Pt. 1. Body Order: The Nervous System And Society In The Scottish Enlightenment / Christopher Lawrence -- Homo Phrenologicus: Anthropological Perspectives On An Historical Problem / Steven Shapin -- The Power Of The Body: The Early Nineteenth Century / Roger Cooter -- Pt. 2. The Rise Of Naturalism: Creation And Credence: The Career Of Theories Of The Earth In Britain, 1660-1820 / Roy Porter -- Darwin And Social Darwinism: Purity And History / Steven Shapin And Barry Barnes -- The Reception Of A Mathematical Theory: Non-euclidean Geometry In England, 1868-1883 / Joan L. Richards -- Physics And Psychics: Science, Symbolic Action, And Social Control In Late Victorian England / Brian Wynne -- Pt. 3. The Social Basis Of Scientific Controversy: Scientific Judgment: The Biometry-mendelism Controversy / Donald Mackenzie And Barry Barnes -- Controversy Over Classification: A Case Study From The History Of Botany / John Dean -- Heredity, Environment, And The Legitimation Of Social Policy / Jonathan Harwood. Edited By Barry Barnes And Steven Shapin. Includes Bibliographies. The authors bring the perspectives of sociology and anthropology to bear on key historical developments in various fields of science, demonstrating that it is possible to study science in the same way as other forms of culture - art, music, and literature. They show that our understanding of science, and the development of scientific knowledge, can be enriched by these perspectives, and that the history of science can benefit from case studies, such as those presented here.