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        A Place for Science and Technology Studies

        A Place for Science and Technology Studies

        A Place for Science and Technology Studies

        Observation, Intervention, and Collaboration

        by Jane Calvert

        ISBN: 9780262546942

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: January 9, 2024

        An exploration of science and technology studies in eight different places, and the possibilities that arise for observation, intervention, and collaboration.
        Model Systems in Biology

        Model Systems in Biology

        Model Systems in Biology

        History, Philosophy, and Practical Concerns

        by Georg Striedter

        ISBN: 9780262046947

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 2, 2022

        How biomedical research using various animal species and in vitro cellular systems has resulted in both major successes and translational failure.
        Transmissions

        Transmissions

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        Critical Tactics for Making and Communicating Research

        Edited by Kat Jungnickel

        ISBN: 9780262043403

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: April 7, 2020

        Researchers rethink tactics for inventing and disseminating research, examining the use of such unconventional forms as poetry, performance, catalogs, interactive machines, costume, and digital platforms.
        Investing in Science

        Investing in Science

        Investing in Science

        Social Cost-Benefit Analysis of Research Infrastructures

        by Massimo Florio

        ISBN: 9780262043199

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 15, 2019

        A proposal for using cost-benefit analysis to evaluate the socioeconomic impact of public investment in large scientific projects.
        Cloud Computing for Science and Engineering

        Cloud Computing for Science and Engineering

        Cloud Computing for Science and Engineering

        by Ian Foster and Dennis B. Gannon

        ISBN: 9780262037242

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: September 29, 2017

        A guide to cloud computing for students, scientists, and engineers, with advice and many hands-on examples.
        Rational Action

        Rational Action

        Rational Action

        The Sciences of Policy in Britain and America, 1940-1960

        by William Thomas

        ISBN: 9780262028509

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: April 10, 2015

        The evolution of a set of fields—including operations research and systems analysis—intended to improve policymaking and explore the nature of rational decision-making.
        Cogent Science in Context

        Cogent Science in Context

        Cogent Science in Context

        The Science Wars, Argumentation Theory, and Habermas

        by William Rehg

        ISBN: 9780262516600

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 19, 2011

        A proposal for an interdisciplinary, context-sensitive framework for assessing the strength of scientific arguments that melds Jürgen Habermas's discourse theory and sociological contextualism.
        Trading Zones and Interactional Expertise

        Trading Zones and Interactional Expertise

        Trading Zones and Interactional Expertise

        Creating New Kinds of Collaboration

        Edited by Michael E. Gorman

        ISBN: 9780262514835

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: November 19, 2010

        A proposal for a new framework for fostering collaborations across disciplines, addressing both theory and practical applications.
        Discovering Complexity

        Discovering Complexity

        Discovering Complexity

        Decomposition and Localization as Strategies in Scientific Research

        by William Bechtel and Robert C. Richardson

        ISBN: 9780262514736

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 6, 2010

        An analysis of two heuristic strategies for the development of mechanistic models, illustrated with historical examples from the life sciences.
        Structures of Scientific Collaboration

        Structures of Scientific Collaboration

        Structures of Scientific Collaboration

        by Wesley Shrum, Joel Genuth and Ivan Chompalov

        ISBN: 9780262195591

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: May 18, 2007

        How technology and bureaucracy shape collaborative scientific research projects: an empirical study of multiorganizational collaboration in the physical sciences.
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