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Science 1 December 2000:
Vol. 290. no. 5497, pp. 1703 - 1705
DOI: 10.1126/science.290.5497.1703
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HISTORY OF SCIENCE:
Stirred, Not Shaken

A review by Ullica Segerstråle

The Sokal Hoax The Sham That Shook the Academy
The Editors of Lingua Franca, Eds.
University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, 2000. 283 pp. Paper, $20. ISBN 0-8032-7995-7.

This collection presents Sokal's original article on "quantum gravity," the essay in which he revealed his hoax, a broad sampling of the news coverage and opinion pieces generated by his actions, and additional commentary on the long-term meaning of the affair from a range of scholars.
The author is in the Department of Social Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3255 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60616, USA. E-mail: segerstrale{at}iit.edu

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