The public proceduralization of contingency: Bruno Latour and the formation of collective experiments

Social Epistemology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-74

  Gross, Matthias ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bruno Latour; Experiment and Society; Public Ecology; Public Experiments; Science and Democracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951285620     PISSN: 02691728     EISSN: 14645297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02691721003632826     Document Type: Article

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