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A Social History of Truth: Civility and Science in Seventeenth-Century England (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series) Kim JunJun Alexandra’s KitchenHow do we come to trust our knowledge of the world? What are the means by which we distinguish true from false accounts? Why do we credit one observational statement over another? In A Social History of Truth, Shapin engages these universal questions through an elegant recreation of a crucial period in the history of early modern science: the social world of gentlemen philosophers in seventeenth century England. Steven Shapin paints a vivid picture of