Steven Shapin

Steven Shapin
Shapin in 2008
Born1943
New York, New York, U.S.[1]
EducationReed College (B.A., 1966)
University of Pennsylvania (PhD, 1971)

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.[2] He is considered one of the earliest scholars on the sociology of scientific knowledge,[3] and is credited with creating new approaches.[4] He has won many awards, including the 2014 George Sarton Medal of the History of Science Society for career contributions to the field.[5]

  1. ^ "Curriculum Vitae, Steven Shapin" (PDF). Harvard University. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Steven Shapin Franklin L. Ford Research Professor of the History of Science". Harvard University. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  3. ^ Thompson, Charis (2005). Making Parents: the ontological choreography of reproductive technologies. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. p. 36. ISBN 9780262201568. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
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