Overview
- Accessible, up-to-date introduction to STS that connects theory with practice
- Introduces students to some of the most contemporary debates in STS illustrated with various relevant case studies
- Includes recommendations for further reading; books and articles; internet resources and links
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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From the Philosophy of Science to the Social Studies of Science
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Contemporary Fields of Inquiry
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Valentina Marcheselli is a post-doc research fellow at the Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento, Italy. Her research interests include the social construction of science and technology; the social dynamics of interaction and coordination in interdisciplinary contexts; cognition and embodiment in the fields of astrobiology and planetary science.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Science, Technology and Society
Book Subtitle: An Introduction
Authors: Giampietro Gobo, Valentina Marcheselli
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08306-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-08305-1Published: 10 January 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-08306-8Published: 09 January 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 324
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sociology, general, Human Geography, Anthropology, History of Science, Philosophy of Science, Science and Technology Studies