The Mangle of Practice: Time, Agency, and Science

Pickering, Andrew·1995·University of Chicago Press eBooks

DOI 10.7208/chicago/9780226668253.001.0001

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Authors: Pickering, A.
Venue: University of Chicago Press eBooks
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1995
DOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226668253.001.0001
OpenAlex: W1759514309
Cited by: 2,699
References: 0
FWCI: 67.75
Type: book
Language: en
Open access: closed

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