Böcker av Simon Locke

Focuses on the role and significance of science in modernity and public understanding of science. The author treats creationism as a case study of the argumentative engagement between science and non-science and as central to the commonsense lifeworld as it is to the lives of its intellectuals.

Contributes to debates relating to the public understanding of science, regarding the conceptualization of the relationship between 'science' and 'the public'. This title establishes the public understanding of science as a matter of fundamental sociological concern. It redresses a significant shortcoming in contemporary social theory.