Robert P. Crease looks at questions about when a scientific
discovery becomes accepted fact, who decides this and how citizens
should interact with the scientific process. He answers by
introducing the world's greatest thinkers and explaining how they
shaped scientific progress. At a time when the Catholic Church
assumed total authority, Bacon, Galileo and Descartes were the
first to articulate the idea of scientific expertise, while writers
such as Shelley and Comte questioned the scientific process.
Centuries later, scholars such as Ataturk and Arendt examined the
relationship between the scientific community and the
public-especially in times of distrust in experts. An exploration
of what it means to practise science for the common good and who
can question expertise, this book will help readers understand how
we reached the current moment of anti-science rhetoric and what we
can do about it.
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