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While science and technology permeate our lives, for most women and many men, scientific knowledge is outside their experience. It remains largely unaccountable to the public that pays for it. The authors of Common Science? survey the wide range of initiatives designed to encourage the entry of wome... More

Combining contributions from biologists and sociologists, "Debating Biology" takes a look at the relationship between biology and society as it is played out in the arena of health and medicine.... More

"Much more than a book about animal welfare, it explores how the scientific questions and answers would be different if biology operated from a paradigm of respect for the objects of study. Thirteen contributions are arranged in four distinct sections; individual topics vary extensively but each is ... More

The Sacrifice provides a uniquely detailed account of the sociological context of animal experimentation. The authors provide a rich analysis of complex and changing role of the laboratory animal in the political and scientific culture of the United States and the United Kingdom. By understanding th... More