000			01312nam a2200205Ia 4500
008			140520s9999||||xx |||||||||||||| ||und||
020			_a9780226113616
082			_a306.45 _bCol/Eva
100			_aCollins, Harry
245			_aRethinking Expertise
260			_aChicago _bThe University Of Chicago Press _c2007
300			_axi;159 _b9x6 _cpb
520			_aWhat does it mean to be an expert? In "Rethinking Expertise", Harry Collins and Robert Evans offer a radical new perspective on the role of expertise in the practice of science and the public evaluation of technology. Collins and Evans present a Periodic Table of Expertises based on the idea of tacit knowledge - knowledge that we have but cannot explain. They then look at how some expertises are used to judge others, how laypeople judge between experts, and how credentials are used to evaluate them. Throughout, Collins and Evans ask an important question: how can the public make use of science and technology before there is consensus in the scientific community? This book has wide implications for public policy and for those who seek to understand science and benefit from it.
546			_aENG
650			_aKnowledge, Sociology of
650			_aExpertise
650			_aScience--Social aspects
700			_aEvans, Robert
942			_cBK
999			_c77199 _d77199