Laboratory life
the construction of scientific facts
by Bruno Latour · first published 1979
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This highly original work presents laboratory science in a deliberately skeptical way: as an anthropological approach to the culture of the scientist. Drawing on recent work in literary criticism, the authors study how the social world of the laboratory produces papers and other "texts,"and how the scientific vision of reality becomes that set of statements considered, for the time being, too expensive to change. The book is based on field work done by Bruno Latour in Roger Guillemin's laboratory at the Salk Institute and provides an important link between the sociology of modern sciences and
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…understanding where they are coming from: I cannot speak for Lacan (who certainly said stupid things, but who hasn't), but Bruno Latour has done some fascinating anthropological work on science. Reading "Laboratory Life: The Social Construction of Scientific Facts" changed my vision of science. Contrary to what Bricmont claimed in one of his article about the affair (French title: "La vraie signification de l'affaire…
on “A Physicist Experiments With Cultural Studies (1996 hoax)” ↗For research supporting this mode of working, see Bruno Latour's "Laboratory Life": https://www.amazon.com/Laboratory-Life-Construction-Scientif... and Ed Hutchins' "Cognition in the Wild": https://www.amazon.com/Cognition-Wild-Press-Edwin-Hutchins/d...
on “The Social Dynamics of Programming Together in Dynamicland” ↗Are you referring to Bruno Latour or the author of the post? If you're referring to Latour, I would strongly urge you to read "Laboratory Life", which is [as] clear and easy to read today as it was when I first encountered it nearly 20 years ago.
on “A Serious Man: On Bruno Latour” ↗"Laboratory life" by Bruno Latour and Steve Woolgar
on “Ask HN: Which books do you consider real gems in your field of work/study?” ↗…quantitative methods and hard sciences. [1] Grande école actually. [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sciences_Po [2] http://www.medialab.sciences-po.fr/en/team/ [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Latour#Laboratory_Life
on “"I Want Hue" – Colors for Data Scientists” ↗