Sociology of Science a Sociological Pilgrimage

Questions of method two conflicting conclusions concerning methodology action and belief or scientist's discourse? - textual fragments on science, social science and literature conventional analysis - revealing the social world of science structure and process in a physics department three models of scientific development norms and ideology consensus knowledge and utility discourse analysis - showing how scientists construct their social worlds putting philosophy to work theory choice replication and mere replication new literary forms - exploring the many worlds of textuality noblesse oblige measuring the quality of life looking backward.