This book is the latest and most explosive bomb to be launched in the "science wars." Recently, a cadre of historians and philosophers of science have attempted to deconstruct the scientific process by examining its underlying social metaphors. Many scholars, especially practicing scientists, view these efforts with undisguised disdain. The essays here, which are by scientists and philosophers, debunk postmodernist science studies by exposing their purported biases, errors, and fallacies. Essentially, they deconstruct the deconstructionists. For example, Michael Ruse asks, "Is Darwinism Sexist?" while Alan Sokal tackles "What the Social Text Affair Does and Does Not Approve." Although some olive branches are extended, the overall tone is aggressive. Academics on both sides of the debate will need this book. Expect a counterattack?

諾裏塔·剋瑞傑，美國印第安那大學科學哲學與曆史教授。她的研究領域包括科學史、科學哲學與科學文化。在科學文化研究方麵，她主編瞭Nature and Causes of Homosexuality:A Philosophy and Scientific Inquiry與Daphne Patai閤著瞭Professing Feminism:Cau-tionary Tales from the Strange World of Women's Studies。