Creativity from the periphery : trading zones of scientific exchange in colonial India /
Science is usually known by its most successful figures and resource-rich institutions. In stark contrast, Creativity from the Periphery draws our attention to unknown figures in science--those who remain marginalized, even neglected, within its practices. Researchers in early twentieth-century colo...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Język: | angielski |
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Pittsburgh, Pa. :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
[2021]
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| Dostęp online: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2949423 |
Spis treści:
- The theoretical framework. On the idea of peripheral zones in science
- Division of cognitive labor at the periphery
- Trading zones in peripheral science
- Risks and hopes in a peripheral practice
- Four case studies in peripheral science. Birth of new statistics
- A theory about the spectra of the sun
- Discovering light of a different color
- The Madras triple helix
- Epilogue : final reflections.