"This volume emerged from workshops held at Pennsylvania State University in 2003 and Stanford University in 2005"--P. vii.

An introduction to the new area of ignorance studies that examines how science produces ignorance—both actively and passively, intentionally and unintentional

This book discusses the concept of 'agnosis' and its significance for criminology through a series of case studies, contributing to the expansion of the crimino

Agnotology is the study of ignorance. This expose' unleashes a new attack on traditional questions about "how we know" to ask: Why don't we know what we don't k

Plants seldom figure in the grand narratives of war, peace, or even everyday life yet they are often at the center of high intrigue. In the eighteenth century,