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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書誌詳細
第一著者: Dasgupta, Deepanwita (著者)
フォーマット: Licensed eBooks
言語:英語
出版事項: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press [2021]
オンライン・アクセス:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv1qmpdbx
目次:
  • 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.