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The Right Tools for the Job: At Work in Twentieth-Century Life Sciences
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Full Title:
The Right Tools for the Job: At Work in Twentieth-Century Life Sciences
Contributors:
By (Author) Adele E. Clarke
Edited by Joan H. Fujimura
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
23rd September 2014
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
530.15
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
378
Dimensions:
Width 178mm, Height 254mm
Weight:
652g
Description
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
