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Crafting science : a sociohistory of the quest for the genetics of cancer / Joan H. Fujimura.
- Title
- Crafting science : a sociohistory of the quest for the genetics of cancer / Joan H. Fujimura.
- Author
- Fujimura, Joan H.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | RC268.415 .F84 1996 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Fujimura, Joan H.
- Description
- x, 322 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "A dramatic study of a new species of scientific revolution, this book combines a detailed ethnography of scientific thought, and in-depth account of science practiced and produced, a history of one branch of science as it entered the limelight, and a view of the impact of new genetic technologies on science and society." "The scientific enterprise that Fujimura unfolds for us is proto-oncogene cancer research - the study of those segments of DNA now thought to make normal cells cancerous. Within this framework, she describes the processes of knowledge construction as a social enterprise, an endless series of negotiations in which theories, material technologies, and practices are co-constructed, incorporated, and refashioned." "Portraying the development of knowledge as a multidimensional process conducted through multiple cultures, institutions, actors, objects, and practices, this book disrupts divisions among sociology, history, anthropology, and the philosophy of science, technology, and medicine."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- ISBN
- 0674175530 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 96032222
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries