Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts, Paperback - Bruno LaTour

This highly original work presents laboratory science in a deliberately skeptical way: as an anthropological approach to the culture of the scienti...

A generously illustrated examination of the boom in luxurious, resort-style scientific laboratories and how this affects scientists' work.The past ...

Building on his earlier book We Have Never Been Modern, Bruno Latour develops his argument about the Modern fetishization of facts, or the creation...

„Identificand, inca din 1999, prin cartea de fata, Politicile naturii, faptul ca stiintele care ar trebui re-asociate politicii pentru a creste gra...

Pasteur's success depended upon a whole network of forces, including the public hygiene movement, the medical profession and colonial interests. It...

Through case studies of scientists in the Amazon analyzing soil and in Pasteur's lab studying the fermentation of lactic acid, Latour shows us the ...

Reducere. This text looks at Bruno Latour specifically as a philosopher. Part one covers four key works in Latour's career in metaphysics, while part two ide...

Reducere. In this book, Bruno Latour pursues his ethnographic inquiries into the different value systems of modern societies. After science, technology, reli...

Bruno Latour is among the most important figures in contemporary philosophy and social science. His ethnographic studies have revolutionized our un...

With the rise of science, we moderns believe, the world changed irrevocably, separating us forever from our primitive, premodern ancestors. But if ...

Reducere. The present ecological mutation has organized the whole political landscape for the last thirty years. This could explain the deadly cocktail of ex...

Reducere. Although elected to the prestigious French Academy in 1990, Michel Serres has long been considered a maverick--a provocative thinker whose prolific...

Climate change is increasingly acknowledged as a security issue. But how exactly is 'security' understood? McDonald identifies different accounts o...

Publisher: Epfl PressAuthor(s): Roberto GargianiNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 253 x 176 x 23Cover type: Paperback / softbac...

The Construction of Identity in Saul Bellow's and Philip Roth's Major Novels - Anca Popa

Reducere. DescriptionWANT ACCESS TO SOLID SCIENTIFIC FACTS REFUTING THE INCESSANT MEDIA HYPE SURROUNDING CLIMATE CHANGE? THEN THE MYTHOLOGY OF GLOBAL WARMING...

Reducere. In the centuries preceding the American Civil War, the large wooden sailing ship was the mainstay of the world's navies. Then, in the spring of 186...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis special re-print edition of William Cullen's book "A Treatise on the Construction of Horizontal and Vertical Water Wheels" is a his...

Investigates how foods came to be established as moral entities, how moral food regimes reveal emerging systems of knowledge and enforcement, and h...

Cutting-edge research on personal ornaments from archaeological contexts around the world.Publisher: Oxbow BooksIllustration(s): B/w and colourNumb...

Embraces reproductive justice for all women, but challenge mainstream legal and political solutions based on protecting free choice via neutral gov...

DescriptionThe present ecological mutation has organized the whole political landscape for the last thirty years. This could explain the deadly coc...

Contributor(s): Text by (Art/Photo Books): Jason LaTourIllustrator: Robbi RodriguezTo defeat Matt Murdock, the Kingpin of her dimension, Gwen has t...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. This Book provides a How-To Guide for the novice gun builder as-well-as the experienced gunsmith in the construction of six of the more prominent t...

As we interact online, we create new kinds of community and knowledge. How are these communities formed? How do we know whether to trust them as so...

Taking a qualitative approach based on original case studies, this book offers a detailed overview of the contemporary media system in Malta.Publis...

This work addresses the global-local tension evident in much work on development issues, through the example of fresh food markets in Papua New Gui...

An exploration of the impact of institutionalization in the lives of Canadian families.

Buildings can shape our lives, improve our health, and transform society. Academic histories of architecture and medicine overlook the importance o...

Publisher: Indiana University PressAuthor(s): Agnieszka KoscianskaTranslator: Marta RozmyslowiczNumber of pages: 268Publication date: 2021Dimension...