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Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA

Following in the fashion of Stephen Jay Gould and Peter Medawar, one of the world's leading scientists examines how "pure science" is in fact shaped and guided by social and political needs and assumptions. more

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2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-07-2007; disappointing; This book is a semi-postmodernist criticism of a) biological determinism, and b) the widespread belief that scientists are first and foremost seekers of "truth", rather than furtherers of their own careers. Lewontin takes the argument...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-07-2006; Science goes after the last sacred cow: itself; This fascinating book turns the harsh critical eye of the scientific method back on the field of science itself, questioning everything you thought you knew about the discipline. Think germs cause disease? Think that evolution works...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-29-2005; Lewontin's Biology overcome by Ideology; Some interesting and original points are made, but together with many flaws, in general attributing exaggerated weight to ideological influences on the scientific community (possibly concluding from his own strong political nature). Here...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-29-2005; Lewontin's Biology overcome by Ideology; Some interesting and original points are made but the factual and interpretational flaws many times outweigh the insights. Lewontin attributes an exaggerated ideological influence on the scientific community (possibly concluding from his...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-07-2006; Science goes after the last sacred cow: itself; This fascinating book turns the harsh critical eye of the scientific method back on the field of science itself, questioning everything you thought you knew about the discipline. Think germs cause disease? Think that evolution works...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-29-2005; Lewontin's Biology overcome by Ideology; Some interesting and original points are made, but together with many flaws, in general attributing exaggerated weight to ideological influences on the scientific community (possibly concluding from his own strong political nature). Here...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-07-2007; disappointing; This book is a semi-postmodernist criticism of a) biological determinism, and b) the widespread belief that scientists are first and foremost seekers of "truth", rather than furtherers of their own careers. Lewontin takes the argument...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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