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