Bigger, faster, better? Rhetorics and practices of large-scale research in contemporary bioscience

BioSocieties

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 386-396

  Davies, Gail ^a   Frow, Emma ^b   Leonelli, Sabina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84889021092     PISSN: 17458552     EISSN: 17458560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/biosoc.2013.26     Document Type: Review

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