Culture and science/technology: Rethinking knowledge, power, materiality, and nature

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 619, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 165-182

  Epstein, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Knowledge; Practice; Science; Sociology; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 49649113223     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716208319832     Document Type: Review

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