Mapping the Dynamics of Science and Technology: Sociology of Science in the Real World

Mapping the Dynamics of Science and Technology: Sociology of Science in the Real World
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Country
United Kingdom
Published
1 January 1986
Pages
242
ISBN
9781349074105

Mapping the Dynamics of Science and Technology: Sociology of Science in the Real World

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List of Figures - List of Tables - Acknowledgements - PART 1 INTRODUCTION - Introduction: How to Study the Force of Science; M.Callon, J.Law and A.Rip - PART 2 THE POWER OF TEXTS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - The Sociology of an Actor-Network: The Case of the Electric Vehicle; M.Callon - Laboratories and Texts; J.Law - Writing Science: Fact and Fiction: The Analysis of the Process of Reality Construction through the Application of Socio-Semiotic Methods to Scientific Texts; B.Latour and F.Bastide - The Heterogeneity of Texts; J.Law - Mobilising Resources through Texts; A.Rip - PART 3 MAPPING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Qualitative Scientometrics; M.Callon, A.Rip and J.Law - Aquaculture: A Field by Bureaucratic Fiat; S.Bauin - State Intervention in Academic and Industrial Research: The Case of Macromolecular Chemistry in France; W.Turner and M.Callon - Pinpointing Industrial Invention: An Exploration of Quantitative Methods for the Analysis of Patents; M.Callon - Technical Issues and Developments in Methodology; J-P.Courtial - Future Developments; M.Callon, J-P.Courtial and W.Turner - PART 4 CONCLUSIONS - Putting Texts in their Place; M.Callon, J.Law and A.Rip - Glossary - Bibliography - Index

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