Re-thinking science capital: the role of ‘capital’ and ‘identity’ in mediating students’ engagement with mathematically demanding programmes at university by Laura Black, Paul Hernandez-Martinez

“…Whilst some students may access science capital as a means to accumulate capital (e.g. qualifications) for its own sake (exchange value), others appear to recognize the ‘use value’ of science learning and knowledge and this produces different forms of engagement with science (and mathematics). …”
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Science as Social Existence: Heidegger and the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge (PDF) by Jeff Kochan

“…Beautifully written and accessible, Science as Social Existence puts new and powerful tools into the hands of sociologists and historians of science, cultural theorists of science, Heidegger scholars, and pluralist philosophers of science.…”
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Science as Social Existence: Heidegger and the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge (XML) by Jeff Kochan

“…Beautifully written and accessible, Science as Social Existence puts new and powerful tools into the hands of sociologists and historians of science, cultural theorists of science, Heidegger scholars, and pluralist philosophers of science.…”
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