The Yearbook addresses the overriding question: what are the effects of the ¿opening up¿ of scien...

This book opens up a new route to the study of knowledge dynamics and the sociology of knowledge....

What is a popular image of science and where does it come from? Little is known about the formati...

With the rise of the ‘knowledge for development’ paradigm, expert advice has become a prime instr...

Examines the major pitfalls facing scientific advisers to governments, and shows how institutions...

The formal scientific communication system is currently undergoing significant change. This is du...

Representing a wide range of disciplines -- biology, sociology, anthropology, economics, human et...

Why do we need to communicate science? Is science, with its highly specialised language and its a...

This book examines how visual media influences public perceptions of science and scientific resea...

This book opens up a new route to the study of knowledge dynamics and the sociology of knowledge....

Controversies over issues such as genetically engineered food, foot-and-mouth disease and the fai...

This volume represents the outcome of a year-long collaboration among biological and social scien...