Another Science is Possible

First published in French (excluding Chapter 4) as Une autre science est possible! Manifeste pour un ralentissement des sciences © Éditions La Découverte, Paris, France, 2013

French text of Chapter 4 © Isabelle Stengers

This English edition © Polity Press, 2018

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ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-2184-5

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Names: Stengers, Isabelle, author.
Title: Another science is possible : a manifesto for slow science / Isabelle Stengers.
Other titles: Autre science est possible! English
Description: English edition. | Cambridge, UK : Polity, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017026397 (print) | LCCN 2017027589 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509521838 (Mobi) | ISBN 9781509521845 (Epub) | ISBN 9781509521807 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509521814 (pbk.)
Subjects: LCSH: Research--Social aspects. | Science--Social aspects. | Science--Philosophy.
Classification: LCC Q180.A1 (ebook) | LCC Q180.A1 S73513 2017 (print) | DDC 501--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017026397

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