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An introduction to science and technology studies / Sergio Sismondo.
- Title
- An introduction to science and technology studies / Sergio Sismondo.
- Author
- Sismondo, Sergio.
- Publication
- Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | Q175 .S5734 2010 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- ix, 244 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Distinctive in its attention to both the underlying philosophical and sociological aspects of science and technology, the second edition of this popular textbook provides students with an up-to-date road map of the complex interdisciplinary terrain of science and technology studies.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-235) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The prehistory of science and technology studies -- The Kuhnian revolution -- Questioning functionalism in the sociology of science -- Stratification and discrimination -- The strong programme and the sociology of knowledge -- The social construction of scientific and technical realities -- Feminist epistemologies of science -- Actor-network theory -- Two questions concerning technology -- Studying laboratories -- Controversies -- Standardization and objectivity -- Rhetoric and discourse -- The unnaturalness of science and technology -- The public understanding of science -- Expertise and public participation -- Political economies of knowledge.
- ISBN
- 9781405187657 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1405187654 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2009012001
- OCLC
- 317361783
- SCSB-12185857
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library