Trevor Pinch

Trevor J. Pinch (born 1 January 1952), is a British sociologist, part-time musician and former chair of the Science and Technology Studies department at Cornell University.

Early life

Pinch was born in Lisnaskea, Northern Ireland.

Education

He has a degree in Physics from the Imperial College London and a PhD in Sociology from the University of Bath.

Career

He taught sociology at the University of York before moving to the USA.

Together with Wiebe Bijker he started the movement known as Social Construction of Technology (SCOT) within the sociology of science.

Works

He is a significant contributor to the study of Sound culture, and his books include a major study of Robert Moog.

Pinch's book, Confronting Nature is widely considered the definitive sociological account of the history of the solar neutrino problem, and was mentioned by Raymond Davis in his 2002 Nobel Prize autobiography.

Books