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Author Turnbull, David, 1943- author.

Title Masons, tricksters and cartographers : comparative studies in the sociology of scientific and indigenous knowledge / David Turnbull.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, [2000]
©2000

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Description 1 online resource (x, 263 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Studies in the history of science, technology and medicine
Studies in the history of science, technology, and medicine.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-258) and index.
Contents Ch. 1. 'On with the motley' : the contingent assemblage of knowledge spaces -- ch. 2. Talk, templates and tradition : How the masons built Chartres Cathedral without plans -- ch. 3. Tricksters and cartographers : maps, science and the state in the making of a modern scientific knowledge space -- ch. 4. Pacific navigation : an alternative scientific tradition -- ch. 5. Making malaria curable : extending a knowledge space to create a vaccine -- ch. 6. Messiness and order in turbulence research.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Knowledge, Sociology of.
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Science -- Social aspects.
Science -- Social aspects.
Technology -- Social aspects.
Technology -- Social aspects.
Science and civilization -- History.
Science and civilization.
History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Title Comparative studies in the sociology of scientific and indigenous knowledge
Other Form: Print version: Turnbull, David, 1943- Masons, tricksters and cartographers. London ; New York : Routledge, ©2000 9057024993 9058230015 (DLC) 2002421062 (OCoLC)43633165
ISBN 0203304586 (electronic book)
9780203304587 (electronic book)
9057024993
9789057024993
9789058230010 9058230015