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The Long Arm of Moore's Law
How, beginning in the mid 1960s, the US semiconductor industry helped shape changes in American science, including a new orientation to the short-term and the commercial.Since the …
Models of Innovation
Benoit Godin is a Professor at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Montreal.Models abound in science, technology, and society (STS) studies and in science, …
Handling Digital Brains
An analysis of how fMRI researchers actively involve their bodies-with hand movements in particular-in laboratory practice.The results of fMRI brain scanning require extensive …
Inside Computers
Some computers can do calculations in space, beat contestants at Jeopardy , and create complex images and videos. Inside Computers introduces readers to the uses of computers, the …
Far-Fetched Facts
A fictionalized ethnographic study of development aid in sub-Saharan Africa that focuses on technologies of inscription in the interactions of development banks, international …
Waves and Forms
An examination of the relationship between technical objects and culture in contemporary China, drawing on concepts from science and technology studies. Technical objects constrain …
Inside GPS
Today, GPS satellites orbit the earth. They send signals to GPS receivers in cars, smartphones, computers, and drones. Inside GPS introduces readers to the uses of GPS, the …
Inside Smartphones
People use smartphones to connect with their friends, take photos and videos, browse the internet, and so much more. Inside Smartphones introduces readers to the uses of …
Listening in the Field
The transformation of sound recording into a scientific technique in the study of birdsong, as biologists turned wildlife sounds into scientific objects.Scientific observation and …