The discovery of high-temperature superconductivity was hailed as a major scientific breakthrough, inducing an unprecedented wave of excitement and expectation among the scientific community and in the international press. This book sets this research breakthrough in context, and reconstructs the history of the discovery. The authors analyze the emergence of this new research field and the way its development was shaped by scientists and science policy makers. They also examine the various institutional and national settings in which the research was undertaken as well as considering the...
The discovery of high-temperature superconductivity was hailed as a major scientific breakthrough, inducing an unprecedented wave of excitement and ex...
Mit der Frage der zunehmenden Verflechtung von Wissenschaft, Technik und Gesellschaft beschaftigt sich in Osterreich eine heterogene Community der universitaren und ausseruniversitaren Forschung. Dieser Band gibt den unterschiedlichen Auseinandersetzungen einen gemeinsamen Raum und macht ihre Vielfalt sichtbar.
Mit der Frage der zunehmenden Verflechtung von Wissenschaft, Technik und Gesellschaft beschaftigt sich in Osterreich eine heterogene Community der uni...
Science and Technology Studies (STS) is a flourishing interdisciplinary field that examines the transformative power of science and technology to arrange and rearrange contemporary societies. The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the field, reviewing current research and major theoretical and methodological approaches in a way that is accessible to both new and established scholars from a range of disciplines. This new edition, sponsored by the Society for Social Studies of Science, is the fourth in a series of volumes...
Science and Technology Studies (STS) is a flourishing interdisciplinary field that examines the transformative power of science and technology to a...
