Objectivity and its discontents

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 557-576

  Anderson, Warwick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

biomedical science; exchange relations; kuru; material culture; objectivity; value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880837265     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312712455732     Document Type: Article

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