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Scientists' Expertise as Performance: Between State and Society, 1860-1960

By Evert Peeters

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2015
ISBN
1848935277, 9781848935273
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1994265 bytes)
Series
History and Philosophy of Technoscience
Pages
256\256
Scanned
yes
Time added
2015-12-18 17:04:20
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Description

The essays in this collection explore our reliance on experts within a historical context and across a wide range of fields, including agriculture, engineering, health sciences and labour management. Contributors argue that experts were highly aware of their audiences and used performance to gain both scientific and popular support.

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