''Science In Society: An Introduction to Social Studies of Science'' () is a 2004 book by

Massimiano Bucchi Massimiano Bucchi (born Arezzo, 15 May 1970) is an Italian sociologist, writer and a scholar of the relationships among science, technology and society. Biography After graduating in sociology at the University of Trento, Italy, he pursued his s ...

. The book explains how

science Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for ...

works, what

sociologists This is a list of sociologists. It is intended to cover those who have made substantive contributions to social theory and research, including any sociological subfield. Scientists in other fields and philosophers are not included, unless at least ...

find to be of interest, and how scientific knowledge is produced. There are chapters on the relevance of science to contemporary life, Kuhn's work and its modern relevance, as well as the role of

scientific communication Scientific communication is a part of information science and the sociology of science The sociology of scientific knowledge (SSK) is the study of science as a social activity, especially dealing with "the social conditions and effects of sc ...

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Electronic Journal of Sociology The ''Electronic Journal of Sociology'' was an online open access academic journal of sociology. It was established in 1994 by Michael Sosteric. Andreas Scheider was editor-in-chief until 2004, when Sosteric returned and Adam Rafalovich became co- ...

, year=2005 , issn=1198-3655

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2004 non-fiction books Science books Sociology of science Epistemology

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