Drawing on a decade of immersive ethnography with NASA’s robotic
spacecraft teams to create a comparative account of two great space
missions of the early 2000s, Janet Vertesi uncovers how the social
organization of a scientific team affects their scientific
practices and results. In Shaping Science, Janet Vertesi draws on a
decade of immersive ethnography with NASA’s robotic spacecraft
teams to create a comparative account of two great space missions
of the early 2000s. Although these missions featured robotic
explorers on the frontiers of the solar system bravely
investigating new worlds, their commands were issued from millions
of miles away by a very human team. By examining the two teams’
formal structures, decision-making techniques, and informal work
practices in the day-to-day process of mission planning, Vertesi
shows just how deeply entangled a team’s local organizational
context is with the knowledge they produce about other worlds.
 Using extensive, embedded experiences on two NASA
spacecraft teams, this is the first book to apply organizational
studies of work to the laboratory environment in order to analyze
the production of scientific knowledge itself. Engaging and deeply
researched, Shaping Science demonstrates the significant influence
that the social organization of a scientific team can have on the
practices of that team and the results they yield.
General
Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
Authors: |
Janet Vertesi
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Pages: |
352 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-82955-5 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-226-82955-3 |
Barcode: |
9780226829555 |
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