The Right Tools for the Job At Work in Twentieth-Century Life Sciences |
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| Editor:
| Clarke, Adele E.
Fujimura, Joan H. |
| Series title: | Princeton Legacy Library |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-60342-1 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2014 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $120.00 |
Book Description:
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This volume examines scientific practice through studies of research tools in an array of twentieth-century life sciences. The contributors draw upon and extend the multidisciplinary perspectives in current science studies to understand the processes through which scientific researchers constructed the right--and, in some cases, the wrong--tools fo
This volume examines scientific practice through studies of research tools in an array of twentieth-century life sciences. The contributors draw upon and extend the multidisciplinary perspectives in current science studies to understand the processes through which scientific researchers constructed the right--and, in some cases, the wrong--tools fo