Historical studies of science as if it was produced by people with bodies situated in time space culture and society and struggling for credibility and authority steven shapin put simply science has never been pure. Never pure historical studies of science as if it was produced by people with bodies situated in time space culture and society and struggling for credibility and authority steven shapin book author steve fuller review author doi . Never pure historical studies of science as if it was produced by people with bodies situated in time space culture and society and struggling for credibility and authority steven shapin jhu press 2010 history 552 pages 1 review steven shapin argues that science for all its immense authority and power is and always has been a human endeavor subject to human capacities and . 98 aestimatio canonized in herbert butterfields the origins of modern science 1949 isahistoriographicmirage however inthebookunderre view a collection of 16 occasional pieces published over the past. The resource never pure historical studies of science as if it was produced by people with bodies situated in time space culture and society and struggling for credibility and authority steven shapin