Main entry:

Turnbull, David, 1943-

Title & Author:

Masons, tricksters and cartographers : comparative studies in the sociology of scientific and indigenous knowledge / David Turnbull.

Publication:

Amsterdam : Harwood Academic ; Abingdon : Marston, ©2000.

Description:

x, 263 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-258) and index.
Introduction: From rationality to messiness : rethinking technoscientific knowledge -- 'On with the motley' : the contingent assemblage of knowledge spaces -- Talk, templates and tradition : how the masons built Chartres Cathedral without plans -- Tricksters and cartographers : maps, science and the state in the making of a modern scientific knowledge space -- Pacific navigation : an alternative scientific tradition -- Making malaria curable : extending a knowledge space to create a vaccine -- Messiness and order in turbulence research -- Conclusion: Rationality, relativism and the politics of knowledge.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

9057024993
9789057024993
9058230015 (pbk.)
9789058230010 (pbk.)

Subject:

Knowledge, Sociology of.
Science Social aspects.
Technology Social aspects.
Science and civilization History.
Sciences Aspect social.
Technologie Aspect social.
Sciences et civilisation Histoire.
Sociologie de la connaissance.
sociology of knowledge.
SCIENCE Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Science and civilization.
Kennissociologie.
Wetenschapssociologie.
Cartography
Knowledge.
Science
Technology

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Studies in the history of science, technology, and medicine.

Comparative studies in the sociology of scientific and indigenous knowledge

Holdings:

Location: Library main 212264
Call No.: GA23 .T8 2000
Status: Available