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A Carnival for Science: Essays on Science, Technology and Development

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Author: Shiv Visvanathan
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Category: Book

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Sales Rank: 3,139,612

Media: Hardcover
Pages: 260
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.9 x 0.6

ISBN: 0195638662
Dewey Decimal Number: 509
EAN: 9780195638660
ASIN: 0195638662

Publication Date: December 11, 1997
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Condition: FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 249 pp. Index. Pictorial boards, dust-jacket. Burndy bookplate. Near fine.

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This provocative and passionate book contains a critique of science. The author argues that violence is encoded in the world view of science and that development is not unequivocally humanitarian, but often genocidal.