Science as a cultural construct

Kurt Gottfried and Kenneth G. Wilson
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Kurt Gottfried: Cornell University
Kenneth G. Wilson: Ohio State University

Nature, 1997, vol. 386, issue 6625, 545-547

Abstract: Scientific knowledge is a communal belief system with a dubious grip on reality, according to a widely quoted school of sociologists. But they ignore crucial evidence that contradicts this allegation.

Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1038/386545a0

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