The Right Tools for the Job: At Work in Twentieth-Century Life Sciences

By: Adele E. Clarke

Book Overview

This volume examines scientific practice through studies of research tools in an array of twentieth-century life sciences. The contributors draw upon and extend the multidisciplinary perspectives in current science studies to understand the processes through which scientific researchers constructed the right--and, in some cases, the wrong--tools for the job. The articles portray the crafting or accessing of specific materials, techniques, instruments,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691603421
• ISBN13: 9780691603421
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"