Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts

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book non-fiction book work in science and technology studies

Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts is a foundational work in science and technology studies that ethnographically examines how scientific facts are socially constructed within laboratory practice.

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Context triple: [Bruno Latour, notableWork, Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts]

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Target entity: Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts
Target entity description: Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts is a foundational work in science and technology studies that ethnographically examines how scientific facts are socially constructed within laboratory practice.

A. The Art and Politics of Science
The Art and Politics of Science is a memoir by Nobel Prize–winning scientist Harold Varmus that reflects on his life in research and his influential roles in science policy and leadership.
B. Reflections on the Romance of Science
Reflections on the Romance of Science is a collection of essays by Carl Sagan that explores the history, philosophy, and wonder of scientific discovery.
C. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is a landmark 1962 book by philosopher Thomas S. Kuhn that introduced the concept of paradigm shifts to explain how scientific fields undergo periodic, transformative changes rather than progressing through a steady accumulation of knowledge.
D. The Scientist as Rebel (book)
The Scientist as Rebel is a collection of essays by physicist and mathematician Freeman Dyson that explores science, religion, ethics, and the role of dissent in scientific progress.
E. Essays of a Biologist
Essays of a Biologist is a collection of influential essays by evolutionary biologist Julian Huxley that explores biology’s implications for human society, philosophy, and the modern worldview.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ work in science and technology studies ⓘ
academicDiscipline	sociology of knowledge ⓘ
argues	laboratory work is a social process ⓘ scientific facts are constructed through practice ⓘ
author	Bruno Latour ⓘ Steve Woolgar ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
examines	construction of experimental results ⓘ negotiation of scientific claims ⓘ production of scientific papers ⓘ use of instruments in laboratories ⓘ
field	anthropology of science ⓘ science and technology studies ⓘ sociology ⓘ
focusesOn	Roger Guillemin's laboratory ⓘ Salk Institute for Biological Studies ⓘ
genre	ethnography ⓘ science and technology studies ⓘ sociology of science ⓘ
hasEdition	1986 revised edition ⓘ
influenced	development of actor-network theory ⓘ laboratory studies in STS ⓘ social studies of scientific knowledge ⓘ
mainSubject	laboratory practice ⓘ scientific practice ⓘ social construction of scientific facts ⓘ sociology of scientific knowledge ⓘ
methodology	ethnographic fieldwork ⓘ participant observation ⓘ
notableFor	challenge to traditional views of scientific objectivity ⓘ ethnographic study of a scientific laboratory ⓘ foundational status in laboratory studies ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
proposesConcept	cycles of credit ⓘ inscription devices ⓘ literary inscription ⓘ
publicationYear	1979 ⓘ
publisher	Sage Publications ⓘ linked to: SAGE Publications
revisedEditionIncludes	new introduction by the authors ⓘ
setting	neuroendocrinology laboratory ⓘ
theoreticalFramework	actor-network theory ⓘ social constructionism ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed	1970s ⓘ

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