Standardized data and singular situations

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 873-897

  Almklov, Petter G ^a  

^a NTNU SOCIAL RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Data interpretation; Decontextualization; Immutable mobiles; Petroleum geology; Recontextualization; Representation in applied science

Indexed keywords

EID: 56249134946     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312708098606     Document Type: Article

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