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- catalog abstract ""Putting Science in Its Place establishes the fundamental importance of geography in both the generation and the consumption of scientific knowledge, using historical examples of the many places where science has been practiced. Livingstone first turns his attention to some of the specific sites where science has been made - the laboratory, museum, and botanical garden, to name some of the more conventional locales, but also places like the coffeehouse and cathedral, ship's deck and asylum, even the human body itself. In each case, he reveals just how the space of inquiry has conditioned the investigations carried out there. He then describes how, on a regional scale, provincial cultures have shaped scientific endeavor and how, in turn, scientific practices have been instrumental in forming local identities. Widening his inquiry, Livingstone points gently to the fundamental instability of scientific meaning, based on case studies of how scientific theories have been received in different locales. Putting Science in Its Place concludes by by examining the remarkable mobility of science and the seemingly effortless way it moves around the globe."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13052391.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""Putting Science in Its Place establishes the fundamental importance of geography in both the generation and the consumption of scientific knowledge, using historical examples of the many places where science has been practiced. Livingstone first turns his attention to some of the specific sites where science has been made - the laboratory, museum, and botanical garden, to name some of the more conventional locales, but also places like the coffeehouse and cathedral, ship's deck and asylum, even the human body itself. In each case, he reveals just how the space of inquiry has conditioned the investigations carried out there.".
- catalog description "A geography of science? -- Site : venues of science -- Region : cultures of science -- Circulation : movements of science -- Putting science in its place.".
- catalog description "He then describes how, on a regional scale, provincial cultures have shaped scientific endeavor and how, in turn, scientific practices have been instrumental in forming local identities. Widening his inquiry, Livingstone points gently to the fundamental instability of scientific meaning, based on case studies of how scientific theories have been received in different locales. Putting Science in Its Place concludes by by examining the remarkable mobility of science and the seemingly effortless way it moves around the globe."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-223) and index.".
- catalog extent "xii, 234 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0226487229 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Science.culture".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago : University of Chicago Press,".
- catalog subject "303.48/3 21".
- catalog subject "Q175.5 .L59 2003".
- catalog subject "Science Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "Science and civilization.".
- catalog tableOfContents "A geography of science? -- Site : venues of science -- Region : cultures of science -- Circulation : movements of science -- Putting science in its place.".
- catalog title "Putting science in its place : geographies of scientific knowledge / David N. Livingstone.".
- catalog type "text".