| Description |
xiii, 191 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Science, technology, and medicine in modern history
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Science, technology, and medicine in modern history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: prions? / Eve Seguin -- The early history of the protein-only hypothesis: scientific change and multidisciplinary research / Maj-Britt Juhl Poulsen and Hanne Andersen -- Styles of scientific practice and the prion controversy / Ki-Heung Kim -- Paradigm change? explaining the nature of the TSE agent in Germany / Kerstin Dressel -- Visualizing prions: graphic representations and the biography of prions / Jerome Segal and Eric Francoeur -- Prion research and the public sphere in France / Brigette Chamak -- The UK BSE crisis and the prion discursive chain in scientific literature / Eve Seguin -- Conclusion: the prion case / Eve Seguin |
| Subject |
Prion diseases -- History.
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Prions -- History.
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| Added Author |
Seguin, Eve, 1963-
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| ISBN |
1403932239 (hardback) |
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