Biographies of scientific objects
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Author
Contributions
- Daston, Lorraine, 1951- - Contributor
Publication
2000 - University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois
Language
English
Word Count
76,750 words, Guess
Page Count
307 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL17010578M
- ISBN-100226136728
- OCLC Control Number42290874
- OCLC Control Numberbiographiesofsci0000unse
- Library of Congress Control Number99043745
and 2 more
- LibraryThing604607
- Goodreads502129
Classifications
- LCCQ175.32.K45 B56 2000
Description
"This book explores the ways in which scientific objects are both real and historical. Whether discovered or invented, objects of inquiry broaden and deepen in meaning -- growing more 'real' -- as they become entangled in webs of cultural signficance, material practices, and theoretical derivations. Thus their biographies will matter to anyone concerned with the formation of scientific knowledge and with the reconciliation of ontology and history."--Page 4 of cover.
First Sentence
This is a book about applied metaphysics.
Subjects
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