The Everyday Practice of Science

描述（由申请人提供）： 此应用程序请求支持准备一本书长的手稿 《科学的日常实践》“这本书将是 面向科学家、教育工作者、决策者和公众 对科学感兴趣对生物医学实践的清晰理解 研究对科学监管、政策和 教育以及公众对科学的理解。 大多数对科学的描述都是从理论的角度写的 哲学家和历史学家或社会学家从文化的角度 和人类学家。相反，PI的观点是参与 日常实践。由此产生的对科学的描述包含了直觉， 创造力和激情，但不放弃逻辑，客观性和方法。 此外，PI将他对实践的描述与对 实践的道德维度，从而融合了他作为教授的角色， 细胞生物学和科学与医学伦理学主任 西南部 本书的第一部分将通过以下方式对实践进行一般性描述： 专注于发现可信度和自身利益发现意味 了解世界的新事物;可信度意味着说服自己的同行 发现是正确的;自我利益影响的每一步， 过程本书的第二部分将集中在具体方面， 与人类研究、遗传学以及 科学和其他实践世界的方式。 如果此应用程序得到资助，则PI打算投入30%的时间 在接下来的三年里写这本书。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests support for preparation of a book-length manuscript entitled: "The Everyday Practice of Science." The proposed book will be directed towards scientists, educators, policy makers, and the general public interested in science. A clear understanding of the practice of biomedical research has important implications for science regulation, policy, and education as well as the public understanding of science. Most descriptions of science have been written from a theoretical perspective by philosophers and historians or from a cultural perspective by sociologists and anthropologists. In contrast, the PI s point of view is engagement in everyday practice. The resulting description of science embraces intuition, creativity, and passion without abandoning logic, objectivity and method. Moreover, the PI integrates his description of practice with exploration of the ethical dimensions of practice, thereby blending his roles as professor of cell biology and director of the ethics in science and medicine program at UT Southwestern. The first part of the book will offer a general description of practice by focusing on discovery, credibility, and self interest. Discovery means learning new things about the world; credibility means convincing one s peers that the discoveries are correct; self-interest influences every step of the process. The second part of the book will focus on specific aspects of practice relating to human research, genetics, and the relationship between science and other ways of practicing the world. If this application is funded, then the PI intends to devote 30% of his time over the next three years to write the proposed book.