Crafting science : a sociohistory of the quest for the genetics of cancer / Joan H. Fujimura.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996.Description: x, 322 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 0674175530 (cloth : alk. paper)
- RC268.415 .F84 1996
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-312) and index.
WAR, NEWBERY,
1. Introduction: Creating a New Realm -- 2. Tools of the Trade: A Brief History of Standardized Experimental Systems in Cancer Research, 1920-1978 -- 3. Molecular Genetic Technologies: The New Tools of the Trade -- 4. Crafting Theory -- 5. Distributing Authority and Transforming Biology -- 6. Problems and Work Practices: Improvising on the Shop Floor -- 7. The Articulation of Doable Problems in Cancer Research -- 8. Conclusion: Crafting Oncogenes -- Appendix: Social and Cultural Studies of Science.