Virgin Mary and the Neutrino

Isabelle Stengers is Emerita Professor of the Philosophy of Science at the UniversitÉ libre de Bruxelles and is the author of numerous books, including Making Sense in Common: A Reading of Whitehead in Times of Collapse, Another Science is Possible: A Manifesto for Slow Science, and In Catastrophic Times: Resisting the Coming Barbarism.Andrew Goffey is Associate Professor of Critical Theory and Cultural Studies at the University of Nottingham.

“Virgin Mary and the Neutrino is an extraordinary exploration of the events that have shaped the relationship between scientific practices and the public-the devastating effects of which we see today, especially in ecological situations. It is also the best introduction to Isabelle Stengers’s body of work, which is undoubtedly one of the most important and original in contemporary thought.” - Didier Debaise, author of (Nature as Event: The Lure of the Possible) “Virgin Mary and the Neutrino counts among the contemporary classics written by one of the most creative and boldest philosophers of science. Isabelle Stengers’s proposals have the inevitable quality of inducing thought. This book will initiate anyone, no matter the stage of their career, who wants to become familiar with Stengers’s inspiring brilliance.” - Marisol de la Cadena, author of (Earth Beings: Ecologies of Practice across Andean Worlds)

• Translator’s Preface  vii1. Scientists in Trouble  12. The Force of Experimentation  173. Dissolving Amalgams  384. The Sciences in Their Milieus  615.Troubling the Public Order  86Intermezzo: The Creation of Concepts  1116. On the Same Plane?  1197. We Are Not Alone in the World  1448. Ecology of Practices  1699. The Cosmopolitical Test  197Appendix: The First Experimental Apparatus?  207Notes  217Bibliography  235Index  241