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Crafting science : a sociohistory of the quest for the genetics of cancer / Joan H. Fujimura.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996.Description: x, 322 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0674175530 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RC268.415 .F84 1996
Contents:
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.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks RC268.415.F84 1996 1 Available 33710000828157

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.