Inscribing science
Subtitle: scientific texts and the materiality of communication
By: edited by Timothy Lenoir.
Contributors: Lenoir, Timothy, 1948-
Series: Writing science
Publisher: Stanford University Press; Brand: Stanford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 457
Subjects: Communication in science; Communication in science -- Philosophy
Description: Recent science and technology studies have been characterized by a rich diversity of research directions, manifesting several trends apparently counter to one another. On the one hand stands the rich tradition of detailed microstudies of experiments, instruments, and scientific practice; on the other hand are grouped studies grander in scope, aimed at examining science within the framework of cultural production.

This volume of sixteen essays seeks common ground among these different approaches by juxtaposing work from historically focused science and literature studies with work inspired by poststructuralist philosophy and semiotics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-441) and index.