Biographies of Scientific Objects

by Lorraine Daston (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2000

  $120.39

• New

  Paperback
  2000

  $43.49

  Looks at how whole domains of phenomena come into being and sometimes pass away as objects of scientific study. With examples from the natural and social sciences, ranging from the 16th to the 20th centuries, this book explores the ways in which scientific objects are both real and historical.