The practice of e-science and e-social science: Method, theory, and matter

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing

Volumn 236, Issue , 2007, Pages 267-279

  Scott, Susan V ^a   Venters, Will ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DISTRIBUTED KNOWLEDGE; E-SCIENCE; E-SOCIAL SCIENCE; GRID TECHNOLOGIES; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY; VIRTUALIZATIONS;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 35148860662     PISSN: 15715736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-73025-7_19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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