Culturing Bioscience

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Culturing Bioscience is written by Udo Krautwurst and published by University of Toronto Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1442604646 (ISBN 10) and 9781442604643 (ISBN 13).

Charting the rise and fall of an experimental biomedical facility at a North American university, Culturing Bioscience offers a fascinating glimpse into scientific culture and the social and political context in which that culture operates. Krautwurst nests the discussion of scientific culture within a series of levels from the lab to the global political economy. In the process he explores a number of topics, including: the social impact of technology; researchers' relationships with sophisticated equipment; what scientists actually do in a laboratory; what role science plays in the contemporary university; and the way bioscience interacts with local, regional, and global governments. The result is a rich case study that illustrates a host of contemporary issues in the social study of science.