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Epistemic Cultures: How the Sciences Make Knowledge

by Karin Knorr Cetina

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The first ethnographic study to systematically compare two different scientific laboratory cultures--that of high-energy physics and molecular biology--in order to examine how epistemic cultures form distinct bases for knowledge.

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Karin Knorr Cetina

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Karin Knorr Cetina is Professor of Sociology and Science and Technology Studies. University of Bielefeld, Germany.

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Robert K. Merton Book Award (Winner – 2001)

Ludwik Fleck Prize (Winner – 2001)

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Genres: Nonfiction, Sociology, Philosophy, Science & Nature, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 121 — Philosophy and Psychology Epistemology (how do you know what you know?) Epistemology (Theory of knowledge)
LCC: Q175.32 .K45 .K57 — Science Science (General) General
BISAC: PHI PHILOSOPHY Epistemology

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Languages: English, German
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ISBNs: 4

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Published: 1999
Genres: Nonfiction, Sociology, Philosophy, Science & Nature, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 121
LCC: Q175.32 .K45 .K57

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