03438nam 2200649 a 450 991046039860332120200520144314.01-283-05849-997866130584920-226-66825-810.7208/9780226668253(CKB)2670000000066979(EBL)648147(OCoLC)699510964(SSID)ssj0000471125(PQKBManifestationID)11331360(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000471125(PQKBWorkID)10435362(PQKB)10872381(MiAaPQ)EBC648147(DE-B1597)535806(OCoLC)956713538(DE-B1597)9780226668253(Au-PeEL)EBL648147(CaPaEBR)ebr10442165(CaONFJC)MIL305849(EXLCZ)99267000000006697919941201d1995 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe mangle of practice[electronic resource] time, agency, and science /Andrew PickeringChicago University of Chicago Press19951 online resource (297 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-66803-7 0-226-66802-9 Includes bibiliographical references(p. 253-273) and index.pt. 1. Instantiations -- pt. 2. Articulations.This ambitious book by one of the most original and provocative thinkers in science studies offers a sophisticated new understanding of the nature of scientific, mathematical, and engineering practice and the production of scientific knowledge. Andrew Pickering offers a new approach to the unpredictable nature of change in science, taking into account the extraordinary number of factors-social, technological, conceptual, and natural-that interact to affect the creation of scientific knowledge. In his view, machines, instruments, facts, theories, conceptual and mathematical structures, disciplined practices, and human beings are in constantly shifting relationships with one another-"mangled" together in unforeseeable ways that are shaped by the contingencies of culture, time, and place. Situating material as well as human agency in their larger cultural context, Pickering uses case studies to show how this picture of the open, changeable nature of science advances a richer understanding of scientific work both past and present. Pickering examines in detail the building of the bubble chamber in particle physics, the search for the quark, the construction of the quarternion system in mathematics, and the introduction of computer-controlled machine tools in industry. He uses these examples to address the most basic elements of scientific practice-the development of experimental apparatus, the production of facts, the development of theory, and the interrelation of machines and social organization.SciencePhilosophyScienceSocial aspectsElectronic books.SciencePhilosophy.ScienceSocial aspects.501UB 6000rvkPickering Andrew45185MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460398603321The mangle of practice2224216UNINA02279nam 22003615u 450 99633910200331620230706174431.01-912776-01-4(CKB)3580000000000782(OCoLC)606972846(SZ-BaSKA)277591(MiAaPQ)1056454(PPN)267640315(EXLCZ)99358000000000078220211006d2002 uy 0engurunu|||||Fast Facts : Headaches /Richard Peatfield, David W. Dodick2nd edition.Basel S. Karger20021 online resource (104 pages) 30 figures1-903734-21-5 The management of people suffering with headaches forms a substantial part of the workload of the family physician and the practising neurologist. While some patients can perform normally using self-medication, headache can be a symptom of a potentially serious illness and disabling headaches, either continuous or as intermittent attacks, require careful assessment and treatment. 'Fast Facts: Headaches' equips the primary care physician with the knowledge required to accurately investigate, assess and treat (or refer) the patient presenting with disabling primary headache. • Enables physicians to distinguish between the benign and potentially life-threatening condition • An expert guide to differential diagnosis • Reviews current processes of assessment, summarises current thinking on pathogenesis and covers management of common forms of disabling headache • Key points are summarised at each chapter-end and clear, simple diagrams and tables support clinical information Contents: • Differential diagnosis • Epidemiology • Clinical features of migraine and tension headaches • Mechanisms of migraine • Precipitating causes • Acute treatment • Prophylactic treatment • Chronic daily headache • Cluster headache; Post-traumatic headache • Future trendsFast FactsNeurologyNeurologyPeatfield Richard1214976UKSKGUKSKGBOOK996339102003316Fast Facts: Headaches2806208UNISA