Helen Verran

Helen Verran

Helen Verran is an Australian historian and philosopher of science, professor at the University of Melbourne. She was awarded US Ludwig Fleck Prize of the US Society for Social Studies of Science for her book, Science and an African Logic, (University of Chicago Press). (UniNews, Vol. 12, No. 2 24 February - 10 March 2003).

The success of Dr. Verran's book is especially notable in that the science and technology studies (STS) category covers a large interdisciplinary field. She also contributed to actor-network theory, working with British sociologist John Law.

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