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The discovery of high-temperature superconductivity was hailed as a major scientific breakthrough, inducing an unprecedented wave of excitement and expectation among the scientific community and in the international press. This book sets this research breakthrough in context, and reconstructs the history of the discovery. The authors analyze the emergence of this new research field and the way its development was shaped by scientists and science policy makers. They also examine the various institutional and national settings in which the research was undertaken as well as considering the scientific backgrounds and motivations of researchers who entered the field following the original discovery.
Exploring Science Communication demonstrates how science and
technology studies approaches can be explicitly integrated into
effective, powerful science communication research. Through a range
of case studies, from climate change and public parks to Facebook,
museums, and media coverage, it helps you to understand and analyse
the complex and diverse ways science and society relate in today's
knowledge intensive environments. Notable features include: A focus
on showing how to bring academic STS theory into your own science
communication research Coverage of a range of topics and case
studies illustrating different analyses and approaches Speaks to
disciplines across Media & Communication, Science &
Technology Studies, Health Sciences, Environmental Sciences and
related areas. With this book you will learn how science
communication can be more than just about disseminating facts to
the public, but actually generative, leading to new understanding,
research, and practices.
Exploring Science Communication demonstrates how science and
technology studies approaches can be explicitly integrated into
effective, powerful science communication research. Through a range
of case studies, from climate change and public parks to Facebook,
museums, and media coverage, it helps you to understand and analyse
the complex and diverse ways science and society relate in today's
knowledge intensive environments. Notable features include: A focus
on showing how to bring academic STS theory into your own science
communication research Coverage of a range of topics and case
studies illustrating different analyses and approaches Speaks to
disciplines across Media & Communication, Science &
Technology Studies, Health Sciences, Environmental Sciences and
related areas. With this book you will learn how science
communication can be more than just about disseminating facts to
the public, but actually generative, leading to new understanding,
research, and practices.
The fourth edition of an authoritative overview, with all new
chapters that capture the state of the art in a rapidly growing
field. Science and Technology Studies (STS) is a flourishing
interdisciplinary field that examines the transformative power of
science and technology to arrange and rearrange contemporary
societies. The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies provides
a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the field, reviewing
current research and major theoretical and methodological
approaches in a way that is accessible to both new and established
scholars from a range of disciplines. This new edition, sponsored
by the Society for Social Studies of Science, is the fourth in a
series of volumes that have defined the field of STS. It features
36 chapters, each written for the fourth edition, that capture the
state of the art in a rich and rapidly growing field. One
especially notable development is the increasing integration of
feminist, gender, and postcolonial studies into the body of STS
knowledge. The book covers methods and participatory practices in
STS research; mechanisms by which knowledge, people, and societies
are coproduced; the design, construction, and use of material
devices and infrastructures; the organization and governance of
science; and STS and societal challenges including aging,
agriculture, security, disasters, environmental justice, and
climate change.
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