About “Laboratory Life”
Laboratory Life: The Social Construction of Scientific Facts is a 1979 book by sociologists of science Bruno Latour and Steve Woolgar. The book explores how scientific facts are created within laboratory settings. It examines the social processes involved in scientific work, focusing on the interactions between scientists and the ways in which knowledge is constructed. The authors argue that scientific facts are not discovered but rather produced through social and institutional practices. The book is considered a foundational text in the field of science and technology studies. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
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- 1979
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