Böcker av Michael Mulkay

First published in 1985, The Word and the World is a significant, empirically-based contribution to the sociological analysis of scientists¿ discourse and scientific culture. It also offers a radical departure from established forms of sociological discourse.

Originally published: London: George Allen & Unwin, 1979.

This book proposes a fresh approach to sociological analysis and, in particular, to the analysis of scientific culture. It moves away from previous studies, which have tended to focus on scientists' actions and beliefs to show that analysis of scientific discourse can be productive and revealing.

A highly accessible account of the debates concerning human embryo research, tracing the origins of the controversy to debates in the 1960s about abortion and moral reform and examining reactions in the 1990s to sex selection and the use of eggs from human embryos for research.