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Science In Action (competition)
Science in Action may refer to: * ''Science in Action'' (book), 1987 book by Bruno Latour * ''Science in Action'' (TV series) television program produced by the California Academy of Sciences * ''Science in Action'' (radio programme), radio programme produced by the BBC World Service {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science In Action (book)
''Science in Action: How to Follow Scientists and Engineers Through Society'' () is a seminal book by French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist Bruno Latour first published in 1987. It is written in a textbook style, proposes an approach to the empirical study of science and technology, and is considered a canonical application of actor-network theory. It also entertains ontological conceptions and theoretical discussions making it a research monograph and not a methodological handbook per se. In the introduction, Latour develops the methodological dictum that science and technology must be studied "in action", or "in the making". Because scientific discoveries turn esoteric and difficult to understand, it has to be studied where discoveries are made in practice. For example, Latour turns back time in the case of the discovery of the "double helix". Going back in time, deconstructing statements, machines and articles, it is possible to arrive at a point where scient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science In Action (TV Series)
''Science in Action'' was a weekly half-hour television program devoted to science. The program was produced by the California Academy of Sciences, and was broadcast from 1950-1966. It was thus among the first live science television program in the United States; ''The Johns Hopkins Science Review'' was broadcast from 1948–1955, and is apparently the very first such program. In all, 566 programs were produced. Dr. Tom Groody hosted the program for its first two years; he was succeeded by Dr. Earl S. Herald, who was the host for the following fourteen years until production ceased in 1966. Marcel LaFollette has written, "Production approaches that are now standard practice on ''NOVA'' and the Discovery Channel derive, in fact, from experimentation by television pioneers like Lynn Poole and Don Herbert and such programs as ''Adventure'', ''Zoo Parade'', ''Science in Action'', and the Bell Telephone System’s science specials. These early efforts were also influenced by televisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |