Harry Collins (1)

I read the Traditional Chinese edition of it. The following review contains a little bit of thoughts specifically on the Chinese edition.

從兩位作者的辯證態度到譯者李尚仁老師的譯文風格都很喜歡！作為一個信奉現代醫學體系的人來說，這本書其實更多地是從社會學的角度客觀展現了另一方的視角，讀後對堅信乃至於迷信另類醫療（落實到生活實際上來說主要指中醫）的人以及 anti-vaxxer 們多了幾分諒解（。保留參考書目和原文某些重要詞彙的英文也很有幫助，只不過英文部分應該沒有校對，不時出現 trial 變 trail 之類的錯誤⋯⋯很巧的是，在看到書的結尾處柯林斯記錄平區夫婦如何選擇百日咳疫苗的例子時，剛好陪朋友去看病，醫生的診斷結果含糊且不大看好，在決定治療手段之前也恰巧採取了和平區夫婦相似的舉措：翻查該醫生此前發表的論文⋯⋯… (more)

When the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) announced its first detection in 2016, I wondered whether sociologist-of-science Collins would write a fourth book about the project. _Et voici_; it's a good one, too. Leaving aside a couple of late chapters and the various back sections, much of the main text has the style of an edited, present-tense, insider's diary of the 5 months between "The Event" and the announcement. The kind of secrecy LIGO imposed during this period (of analysis and paper preparation) gets thoroughly criticized.… (more)