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Putting Science in Its Place - Geographies of Scientific Knowledge

Name: Putting Science in Its Place - Geographies of Scientific Knowledge
Brand: The University of Chicago Press
SKU: 9780226487229
Price: 16715 HUF
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Szerző: David N. Livingstone

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Kötés: Kemény kötésű

Kiadó: The University of Chicago Press

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We are accustomed to thinking of science and its findings as universal. After all, one atom of carbo...

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David N. Livingstone

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Kemény kötésű

Kiadva

2003

oldal

244

EAN

9780226487229

ISBN

0226487229

Enbook ID

04547022

Kiadó

The University of Chicago Press

Súly

462

Méretek

222 x 147 x 24

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We are accustomed to thinking of science and its findings as universal. After all, one atom of carbon plus two of oxygen yields carbon dioxide in Amazonia as well as in Alaska; a scientist in Bombay can use the same materials and techniques to challenge the work of a scientist in New York; and of course the laws of gravity apply worldwide. Why, then, should the spaces where science is done matter at all? David N. Livingstone here puts that question to the test with his fascinating study of how science bears the marks of its place of production. "Putting Science in Its Place" establishes the fundamental importance of geography in both the generation and the consumption of scientific knowledge, using historical examples of the many places where science has been practiced. Livingstone first turns his attention to some of the specific sites where science has been madeOCothe laboratory, museum, and botanical garden, to name some of the more conventional locales, but also places like the coffeehouse and cathedral, ship's deck and asylum, even the human body itself. In each case, he reveals just how the space of inquiry has conditioned the investigations carried out there. He then describes how, on a regional scale, provincial cultures have shaped scientific endeavor and how, in turn, scientific practices have been instrumental in forming local identities. Widening his inquiry, Livingstone points gently to the fundamental instability of scientific meaning, based on case studies of how scientific theories have been received in different locales. "Putting Science in Its Place" powerfully concludes by examining the remarkable mobility of science and the seemingly effortless way it moves around the globe. From the reception of Darwin in the land of the Maori to the giraffe that walked from Marseilles to Paris, Livingstone shows that place does matter, even in the world of science."

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