Putting science in its place : geographies of scientific knowledge /
We are accustomed to thinking of science and its findings as universal. After all, one atom of carbon plus two of oxygen yields carbon dioxide in Amazonia as well as in Alaska; a scientist in Bombay can use the same materials and techniques to challenge the work of a scientist in New York; and of co...
| Основен автор: | Livingstone, David N., 1953- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
℗♭2003.
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| Серия: |
Science.culture.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=318378 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Putting science in its place. |
| Резюме: |
We are accustomed to thinking of science and its findings as universal. After all, one atom of carbon plus two of oxygen yields carbon dioxide in Amazonia as well as in Alaska; a scientist in Bombay can use the same materials and techniques to challenge the work of a scientist in New York; and of course the laws of gravity apply worldwide. Why, then, should the spaces where science is done matter at all? David N. Livingstone here puts that question to the test with his fascinating study of how science bears the marks of its place of production. Putting Science in Its Place establishes the fund. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xii, 234 pages) : illustrations. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780226487243 0226487245 |