Laboratory life [ the construction of scientific facts

This highly original work presents laboratory science in a deliberately skeptical way: as an anthropological approach to the culture of the scientist. Drawing on recent work in literary criticism, the authors study how the social world of the laboratory produces papers and other "texts,"an...

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Main Authors: Latour, Bruno (Author), Woolgar, Steve (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press , c1986
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Online Access:http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/iviewer/PUPB0001847/userkey/pc/1/0/read.html
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Summary:This highly original work presents laboratory science in a deliberately skeptical way: as an anthropological approach to the culture of the scientist. Drawing on recent work in literary criticism, the authors study how the social world of the laboratory produces papers and other "texts,"and how the scientific vision of reality becomes that set of statements considered, for the time being, too expensive to change
Item Description:Reprint. Originally published: Beverly Hills : Sage Publications, c1979. (Sage library of social research ; v. 80)
Physical Description:1 online resource : ill.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:069102832X
0691094187
9780691028323
9781400820412