Evidence in action between science and society : constructing, validating and contesting knowledge / edited by Sarah Ehlers and Stefan Esselborn.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.
  • ©2023
Description
xiv, 272 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.

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    Series
    • Routledge studies in the history of science, technology, and medicine [More in this series]
    • Routledge studies in the history of science, technology and medicine
    Summary note
    "This volume is an interdisciplinary attempt to insert a broader, historically informed perspective into current political and academic debates on the issue of evidence and the reliability of scientific knowledge. Evidence in Action is the perfect resource for all those interested in the relationship between science, technology, and the role of knowledge in society"-- Provided by publisher.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction: Evidence in action / Sarah Ehlers, Stefan Esselborn
    • Fields as sites of practice, mediation, and delusion : cultures of evidence in agriculture and botany during the late enlightenment / John Lidwell-Durnin
    • Producing the murder weapon : the practice of forensic toxicology in 19th-century German states / Marcus Carrier
    • No "mere accumulation of material" : land as evidence in early Americanist anthropology / Julia E. Rodriguez
    • Prototyping evidence : how artifacts demonstrate technological futures / Sascha Dickel
    • On top of the hierarchy : how reporting guidelines translate knowledge into evidence / Alexander Schniedermann, Clemens Blümel, Arno Simons
    • On the (im)possibility of identifying the evidence base of the impact of star architecture projects / Nadia Alaily-Mattar, Martina Löw, Alain Thierstein.
    ISBN
    • 9781032037059
    • 1032037059 (hardcover)
    • 9781032037066 (paperback)
    • 1032037067 (paperback)
    LCCN
    2022004374
    OCLC
    1322058025
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