Crafting Science : : A Sociohistory of the Quest for the Genetics of Cancer / / Joan H. Fujimura.
During the late 1970s and 1980s, "cancer" underwent a remarkable transformation. In one short decade, what had long been a set of heterogeneous diseases marked by uncontrolled cell growth became a disease of our genes. How this happened and what it means is the story Joan Fujimura tells in...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013] ©1996 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Edition: | Reprint 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (322 p.) :; 5 halftones, 4 tables |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Creating a New Realm
- Tools of the Trade: A Brief History of Standardized Experimental Systems in Cancer Research, 1920-1978
- Molecular Genetic Technologies: The New Tools of the Trade
- Crafting Theory
- Distributing Authority and Transforming Biology
- Problems and Work Practices: Improvising on the Shop Floor
- The Articulation of Doable Problems in Cancer Research
- Conclusion: Crafting Oncogenes
- Appendix: Social and Cultural Studies of Science
- Notes
- References
- Index