| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 366 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Inside technology
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Inside technology.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface / Michael Lynch and Steve Woolgar -- 1. Introduction : representation in scientific practice revisited / Catelijna Coopmans, Janet Vertesi, Michael Lynch, and Steve Woolgar -- 2. Drawing as : distinctions and disambiguation in digital images of Mars / Janet Vertesi -- 3. Visual analytics as artful revelation / Catelijne Coopmans -- 4. Digital scientific visuals as fields for interaction / Morana Alač -- 5. Swimming in the joint / Rachel Prentice -- 6. Chalk : materials and concepts in mathematics research / Michael J. Barany and Donald MacKenzie -- 7. Networked neuroscience : brain scans and visual knowing at the intersection of atlases and databases / Sarah de Rijcke and Anne Beaulieu -- 9. Nanoimages as hybrid monsters / Martin Ruivenkamp and Arie Rip -- 10. Toward a new ontology of scientific vision / Annamaria Carusi and Aud Sissel Hoel. |
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11. Essential tensions and representational strategies / Cyrus C.M. Mody -- 12. In images we trust? Representation and objectivity in the digital age / Emma K. Frow -- 13. Legitimizing napkin drawing : the curious dispersion of Laffer curves, 1978-2008 / Yann Giraud -- 14. How (not) to do things with brain images / Joseph Dumit -- 15. Preface / Steve Woolgar -- 16. Beyond representation / Lorraine Daston -- 17. Representation in formation / Michael Lynch -- 18. Struggles with representation : could it be otherwise? / Steve Woolgar -- 19. Reconfiguring practices / Lucy Suchman -- 20. Indistinct perception / John Law -- 21. A question of trust : old issues and new technologies / Martin Kemp -- 22. More manipulation, the better / Bruno Labour. |
| Summary |
A new series of essays that sets the bar for the study of representation in science in the twenty-first century. Chapters span a range of topics, including molecular modelling, nano-imaging, mathematical formalisms, and digital imagery in neuroscience, planetary science, and biology - as well as business data visualisation, economics diagrams and technology-mediated surgery. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Research -- Methodology.
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Research -- Methodology. |
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Science -- Methodology.
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Science -- Methodology. |
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Technology -- Methodology.
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Technology -- Methodology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Coopmans, Catelijne, 1976- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Representation in scientific practice revisited 9780262525381 (DLC) 2013014968 (OCoLC)842500093 |
| ISBN |
9780262319157 (electronic book) |
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0262319152 (electronic book) |
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1306290570 (electronic book) |
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9781306290579 (electronic book) |
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9780262525381 |
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0262525380 |
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