Sergio Sismondo (Queen’s University, Canada) is editor of Social Studies of Science. He is the author of An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies, as well as some other general or theoretical works in the field. For a number of years Sismondo’s empirical research has been on how the pharmaceutical industry creates and shapes the knowledge landscapes on which it operates; see his Ghost-Managed Medicine: Big Pharma’s Invisible Hands.
Culture of Trial and ErrorBy Sergio Sismondo
Once upon a time, when it was said that science self-corrects, the image was of a relatively unified culture, a body of practices guided by shared norms of disinterested inquiry.
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