Masons, tricksters, and cartographers comparative studies in the sociology of scientific and indigenous knowledge / David Turnbull.
| Author/creator | Turnbull, David, 1943- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Australia : Harwood Academic, |
| Description | x, 263 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in the history of science, technology and medicine. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | Machine generated contents note: Figures vii -- Acknowledgements ix -- Introduction From rationality to messiness: -- Rethinking technoscientific knowledge 1 -- Chapter 1 'On with the motley': The contingent -- assemblage of knowledge spaces 19 -- Chapter 2 Talk, templates and tradition: How -- the masons -built Chartres Cathedral -- without plans 53 -- Chapter 3 Tricksters and cartographers: Maps, -- science and the state in the making -- of a modern scientific knowledge space 89 -- Chapter 4 Pacific navigation: An alternative -- scientific tradition 131 -- Chapter 5 Making malaria curable: Extending a -- knowledge space to create a vaccine 161 -- Chapter 6 Messiness and order in turbulence -- research 183 -- Conclusion Rationality, relativism and the politics -- of knowledge 209 -- Bibliography 233 -- Index 259. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2002421062 |
| ISBN | 9057024993 |
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