Is Science for Us
Is Science for Us
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科学适合我们吗
DOI：
10.1057/9781137533982_5
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发表时间：
2016
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B. Wong
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科学公平的支持者认为，当代科学是西方或欧美文化的亚文化（Aikenhead，1996），缩写词WMS（“白人男性科学”）反映了现代科学的基础。也就是说，现代科学是通过特权白人的发现而出现的。例如，著名的科学家（至少在西方文化中）可能包括牛顿、爱因斯坦和霍金。当然，在我们的历史上还有许多其他科学发现，但这些发现并不总是以同样的声望来庆祝。我们可以说中国人发明了火药，或者罗马人构想了渡槽，但这些通常在历史上得到认可，并归因于国家或集体，而不是个人。
Proponents of science equity have argued that contemporary science is a subculture of Western or Euro-American culture (Aikenhead, 1996), with the acronym WMS (‘White Male Science’) reflecting the foundation of modern science. That is, modern science emerged through the discoveries of White, privileged men. For example, famous scientists (in Western cultures at least) might include Newton, Einstein and Hawking. There have, of course, been many other scientific discoveries across our history but these are not always celebrated with the same prestige. We can argue that the Chinese invented gunpowder or the Romans conceived aqueducts, but these are often recognized in historical terms and attributed to nations or the collectives, rather than the individual.