Real Science: What It Is and What It Means - Paperbackby John Ziman (Author) Unlike most other similar books, this systematic, carefully reasoned, non technical analysis of the nature and significance of scientific knowledge opens the way to reconciliation in the 'science wars'. By describing how academic scientists actually undertake research and communicate their findings, it shows that the philosophy, psychology and sociology of science are inextricably entwined, and that 'realism' and 'relativism'