soars beregritgres “= joe SOCIAL HISTOR G Sect geen Om Raat ‘rust in estab }D ly deizited historical accounts, particularly of Robert Boye, explain how seventeenth-century natural philosophers were strongly influenced by gentle manly codes of conduct asthe resolved disptes about such phenomena as Nae Comets, jsbergs, and water prestre ae, ea Naa ea 2 “sI is lcily expounded in prose wh ably ent. His mann strident an his argument consis gent and though i aE wovoking... Thor is much be lured here about the working of scholarly HAPIN Communities, whether scientific or otherwise" Keith Thomas, London Review of Books “A very interesting historical narcative written with an eye on social structures, designed to make a point about science: the way we secure factual knowledge rests on lt more han just experimentation, and in particular it rests upon rli- ability of testimony... A beautifully presented book, thoroughly researched, and clearly set out” ohn Honner, Commoneat “Shapin's book is a bilan piece of socio-cultural history writing. For those of us dissatisfied with post-modernism, he offers avery viable option. His work is very clearly written and argued and represents major contribution to both early modem studies andthe historiography of the history of science—aust me! Myles W, Jackson, Merascience ‘Steven Shapin isthe Franklin L. Ford Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University. He is the author of The Scientific Revolution, also pub- lished by the University of Chicago Press. toa Trust for Seon ° a i i Science and Concep Foandtons su iil ilSTEVEN SHAPIN Science and Its Conceptual Foundations A a Social History of Truth Civility and Science in Seventeenth-Century England & Tie Universery oF Cmeaco Press Carcaco ano Loxoosonto yeti gy wth The Uae ofChlag Pre, Cheng 6067 ‘The Unters af henge Pre Lid, Loon Salmo aes ask i o7ee2n6 75087 am) 0. 022673083 ct) (O06 73N4 gue) an ee larceny cm cee andiconepal uno) 2. Secale Engng Shee smnomsoy sano For T, L. Martin, Gent.