The sounds of science: Listening to laboratory practice

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 175-198

  Mody, Cyrus C M ^a  

^a Department of Chemistry at Bryn Mawr College   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Hearing; Instrumentation; Surface science

Indexed keywords

EID: 16244411347     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243903261951     Document Type: Article

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