Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures xi
4. List of Tables xiii
5. Preface xv
6. Acknowledgments xvii
7. PART ONE: EXPLANATIONS
8. Chapter 1. Explaining Science 3
9. Chapter 2. Explaining Disease 20
10. PART TWO: THE BACTERIAL THEORY OF PEPTIC ULCERS
11. Chapter 3. Ulcers and Bacteria: Discovery 39
12. Chapter 4. Ulcers and Bacteria: Acceptance 56
13. Chapter 5. Ulcers and Bacteria: Instruments and Experiments 71
14. Chapter 6. Ulcers and Bacteria: Social Interactions 84
15. PART THREE: COGNITIVE PROCESSES
16. Chapter 7. Causes, Correlations, and Mechanisms 101
17. Chapter 8. Discovering Causes: Scurvy, Mad Cow Disease, AIDS, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 118
18. Chapter 9. Medical Analogies 135
19. Chapter 10. Diseases, Germs, and Conceptual Change 148
20. PART FOUR: SOCIAL PROCESSES
21. Chapter 11. Collaborative Knowledge 167
22. Chapter 12. Medical Consensus 185
23. Chapter 13. Science and Medicine on the Internet 199
24. PART FIVE: CONCLUSION
25. Chapter 14. Science as a Complex System 219
26. References 243
27. Index 259