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Pickering, Andrew.

The mangle of practice : time, agency, and science / Andrew Pickering. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1995. - xiv, 281 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibiliographical references and index.

The Mangle of Practice -- Machines: Building the Bubble Chamber -- Facts: The Hunting of the Quark -- Concepts: Constructing Quaternions -- Technology: Numerically Controlled Machine Tools -- Living in the Material World -- Through the Mangle. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

ISBN: 0226668029 0226668037 (pbk.)

LCCN: 94044546

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Science--Philosophy.
Science--Social aspects.

LC Class. No.: Q175.P522 1995

Dewey Class. No.: 501