Biographies of Scientific Objects
By:"Lorraine Daston"
Published on 2000-06-15 by University of Chicago Press
Looks at how whole domains of phenomena come into being and sometimes pass away as objects of scientific study. With examples from the natural and social sciences, ranging from the 16th to the 20th centuries, this book explores the ways in which scientific objects are both real and historical.
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