Anti-social epistemologies

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 843-853

  Edmond, Gary ^a   Mercer, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Courts; Creation science; Evidence; Expert; First amendment; Law; Science and religion; Scientific controversy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750720641     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312706067900     Document Type: Article

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