Calculating a Natural World

Atsushi Akera

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• During the Cold War, the field of computing advanced rapidly within a complex institutional context. In Calculating a Natural World , Atsushi Akera de... Lees meer

Framing Production

Paul Rosen

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• The production of bicycles in Britain and the United States recently suffered severe setbacks. The renowned American Schwinn brand was downgraded to t... Lees meer

Ham Radio's Technical Culture

Kristen Haring

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• A history of ham radio culture: how ham radio enthusiasts formed identity and community through their technical hobby, from the 1930s through the Cold... Lees meer

Living in a Material World

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• Understanding the intersection of economic sociology and science and technology studies through the idea of materiality. Although social scientists ge... Lees meer

Trading Zones and Interactional Expertise

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• A proposal for a new framework for fostering collaborations across disciplines, addressing both theory and practical applications. Cross-disciplinary ... Lees meer

Vulnerability in Technological Cultures

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• Analysis and case studies explore the concept of vulnerability, offering a novel and broader approach to understanding the risks and benefits of scien... Lees meer

Building Genetic Medicine

Shobita Parthasarathy

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• A comparative study of genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer in the United States and Britain that shows the importance of national context in... Lees meer

Entangled Geographies

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• Investigations into how technologies became peculiar forms of politics in an expanded geography of the Cold War. The Cold War was not simply a duel of... Lees meer

Rationalizing Medical Work

Marc Berg

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• One response to the current crisis in medicine--indicated by large variations in practice and skyrocketing costs--has been a call for the rationalizin... Lees meer

Beyond Imported Magic

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• Studies challenging the idea that technology and science flow only from global North to South. The essays in this volume study the creation, adaptatio... Lees meer

Building the Trident Network

Maggie Mort

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• In Building the Trident Network , Maggie Mort approaches the United Kingdom's Trident submarine and missile system as a sociotechnical network. Drawin... Lees meer

Biomedical Platforms

Peter Keating, Alberto Cambrosio

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• Since the end of World War II, biology and medicine have merged in remarkably productive ways. In this book Peter Keating and Alberto Cambrosio analyz... Lees meer

The Languages of Edison's Light

Charles Bazerman

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• Technology is business, and dealing with the media, the public, financiers, and government agencies can be as important to an invention's success as e... Lees meer