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unusual facts about sociology of science



History and philosophy of science

More recently the sociology of science and science and technology studies have become popular topics and a few HPS departments have become Science Studies departments, e.g., the School of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of New South Wales was known as the School of Science and Technology Studies (STS) from the mid-1980s until 2001.

Joseph Dauben

His fields of expertise are history of science, history of mathematics, the scientific revolution, sociology of science, intellectual history, 17-18th centuries, history of Chinese science, and the history of botany.


see also

Mode 1

Mode 1 (a term from the sociology of science which refers to the way knowledge is produced)