The Handbook Of Science And Technology Studies

The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies Handbook Advisory Board Wiebe E. Bijker Michel Callon Aant Elzinga Steve Epstein Yaron Ezrahi Michael Fischer Kim Fortun Ronald Giere Tom Gieryn Donna Haraway Sheila Jasanoff Karin Knorr-Cetina Donald MacKenzie Trevor Pinch Hans-Jörg Rheinberger Arie Rip Wes Shrum Knut Sørensen Susan Leigh Star Lucy Suchman Vivian Weil The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies Third Edition Edited by Edward J. Hackett Olga Amsterdamska Michael Lynch Judy Wajcman Published in cooperation with the Society for Social Studies of Science The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England © 2008 Massachusetts Institute of Technology All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher. For information about special quantity discounts, please email [email protected] This book was set in Stone Serif and Stone Sans by SNP Best-set Typesetter Ltd., Hong Kong. Printed and bound in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The handbook of science and technology studies / Edward J. Hackett . . . [et al.], editors.—3rd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-262-08364-5 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Science. 2. Technology. I. Hackett, Edward J., 1951– II. Society for Soci