Pandora's Hope

Informationen zum Autor Bruno Latour was Professor Emeritus at Sciences Po Paris. He was the 2021 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Arts and Philosophy and was awarded the 2013 Holberg International Memorial Prize. Klappentext A scientist friend asked Bruno Latour point-blank: "Do you believe in reality?" Taken aback by this strange query, Latour offers his meticulous response in Zusammenfassung Through case studies of scientists in the Amazon analyzing soil and in Pasteur’s lab studying the fermentation of lactic acid, Latour shows us the myriad steps by which events in the material world are transformed into items of scientific knowledge.

Product details

• Authors: Bruno Latour, Latour Bruno
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.05.1999
• EAN: 9780674653368
• ISBN: 978-0-674-65336-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 235 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Science, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies