Making space for science
Subtitle: territorial themes in the shaping of knowledge
By: edited by Crosbie Smith, Jon Agar, with the assistance of Gerald Schmidt, in association with Centre for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, University of Manchester.
Contributors: Smith, Crosbie.; Agar, Jon.; Schmidt, Gerald.; University of Manchester. Centre for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine.
Series: Science, technology, and medicine in modern history; Science, technology, and medicine in modern history (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
Subjects: Science -- History.; Technology -- History.; Science -- Social aspects -- History.; Technology -- Social aspects -- History.
Description: In recent years there has been a growing recognition that a mature analysis of scientific and technological activity requires an understanding of its spatial contexts. Without these contexts, indeed, scientific practice as such is scarcely conceivable. Making Space for Science brings together contributors with diverse interests in the history, sociology and cultural studies of science and technology since the Renaissance. The editors aim to provide a series of studies, drawn from the history of science and engineering, from sociology and sociology and science, from literature and science, and from architecture and design history, which examine the spatial foundations of the sciences from a number of complementary perspectives.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 338-361) and index.