Science WarsIn the wake of the highly fractious Culture Wars, conservatives in science have launched a backlash against feminist, multiculturalist, and social critics in science studies. Paul Gross and Norman Levitt's book Higher Superstition, presented as a wake up call to scientists unaware of the dangers posed by the "science bashers," set the shrill tone of this reaction and led to the appearance of a growing number of scare stories about an "antiscience"