New Infrastructures for Knowledge Production
Understanding E-science
Published on 28. February 2006
Book
Hardback
310 pages
978-1-59140-717-1 (ISBN)
Description
Providing an understanding of the infrastructures for knowledge production based in science and technology studies, this book contains practical advice for the design of appropriate technological solutions, and long range assessments of the prospects for change.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hershey
United States
Publishing group
IGI Global
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 286 mm
Width: 221 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
1044 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59140-717-1 (9781591407171)
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Person
Christine Hine is a senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Surrey, UK. She has been particularly prominent in the development of ethnographies of the Internet. Her work on e-science builds on a background in science: she holds a first class honors degree in botany from Oxford University, a master's in biological computation, and a Ph.D. in biology from the University of York, UK. She is currently president of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology.