Representation in Scientific Practice
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- Paperback
376 pages
- Release Date
2 October 1990
Summary
The essays in this book provide an excellent introduction to the means by which scientists convey their ideas. While diverse in their subject matter, the essays are unified in asserting that scientists compose and use particular representations in contextually organized and contextually sensitive ways, and that these representations - particularly visual displays such as graphs, diagrams, photographs, and drawings - depend for their meaning on the complex activities in which they are situated…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262620765 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262620766 |
| Author: | Steve Woolgar, Michael Lynch |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 376 |
| Edition: | MIT Press ed |
| Release Date: | 2 October 1990 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 23mm |
| Series: | MIT Press |
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Steve Woolgar
Michael Lynch is Professor in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Cornell University. Steve Woolgar is Chair of Marketing and Head of Science and Technology Studies at the University of Oxford.
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