Steven Shapin
1943
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Reed College
occupation: historian, sociologist, university teacher
award received: Guggenheim Fellowship, Erasmus Prize, John Desmond Bernal Prize, George Sarton Medal
Steven Shapin (born 1943) is an American historian and sociologist of science. He is the Franklin L. Ford Research Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University. He is considered one of the earliest scholars on the sociology of scientific knowledge, and is credited with creating new approaches. He has won many awards, including the 2014 George Sarton Medal of the History of Science Society for career contributions to the field. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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