Rethinking expertise [electronic resource] / Harry Collins and Robert Evans.

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Collins, H. M. (Harry M.), 1943-

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TextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.Description: 159 p. : illSubject(s):

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Electronic books.

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306.4/5 22
158.1 22

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HM651 .C64 2007eb

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Contents:

Introduction: Why expertise? -- The periodic table of expertises 1 : ubiquitous and specialist expertises -- The periodic table of expertises 2 : meta-expertises and meta-criteria -- Interactional expertise and embodiment -- Walking the talk: experiments on color blindness, perfect pitch, and gravitational waves -- New demarcation criteria -- Conclusion: science, the citizen, and the role of social science -- Appendix: waves of science studies.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-153) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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