Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Steven Shapin
Born: 1943 (age 82)
Bio: Steven Shapin is a historian and sociologist of science. He is the Franklin L. Ford Research Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University.
Known for:
- Leviathan and the Air-Pump (1985)
- The Scientific Revolution (1996)
- A social history of truth (1994)
- The scientific life (2008)