Bakalaura nolūkiem izlasīju Īena Hekinga ievadu zinātnes filozofijā (Representing and Intervening: Introductory Topics in the Philosophy of Natural Science, Ian Hacking). Ļoti interesanta grāmata. Pirmā puse veltīta dažādiem teorētiskiem jautājumiem un filozofiskām nostādnēm attiecībā pret zinātnes vēsturi un filozofiju, otrajā daļā lielāks uzsvars uz zinātnes praktisko pusi dažādās izpausmēs.

Iedvesmojošs citāts: "We find prejudices in favour of theory, as far as back as there is institutionalized science. Plato and Aristotle frequented the Academy at Athens. That building is located on one side of the Agora, or market place. It is almost as far as possible from the Herculaneum, the temple to the goddess of fire, the patron of the mettalurgists. It is 'on the other side of the tracks'. True to this class distinction, we all know a little about Greek geometry and the teachings of those philosophers. Who knows anything about Greek metallurgy? Yet perhaps the gods speak to us in their own way. Of all the buildings that once graced the Athenian Agora, only one stands as it always was, untouched by time or reconstruction. That is the temple of the metallurgists. The Academy fell down long ago. It has been rebuilt – partly by money earned in the steel mills of Pittsburgh."