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Andrew Pickering

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Andrew Pickering is a British sociologist, philosopher and historian of science at the University of Exeter. He was a professor of sociology and a director of science and technology studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign until 2007. He holds a doctorate in physics from the University of London, and a doctorate in Science Studies from the University of Edinburgh. His book Constructing Quarks: A Sociological History of Particle Physics (1984) is a classic in the field of the sociology of science.

Books

The Cybernetic Brain
The Cybernetic Brain
Andrew Pickering
Cybernetics for the 21st Century
Cybernetics for the 21st Century
Dorion Sagan, Katherine Hayles, Andrew Pickering, Yuk Hui, Brunella Antomarini, Slava Gerovitch, Mathieu Triclot, Daisuke Harashima, Dylan Levi King, Michał Krzykawski, David Maulen de los Reyes
Science as Practice and Culture
Science as Practice and Culture
Andrew Pickering
Science as it could have been
Science as it could have been
Andrew Pickering, Emiliano Trizio, Lena Soler
The Mangle of Practice
The Mangle of Practice
Andrew Pickering
Witch Hunt
Witch Hunt
Andrew Pickering, David Pickering
The Witches of Selwood
The Witches of Selwood
Andrew Pickering
Secret Frome
Secret Frome
Andrew Pickering, Gary Kearley
The Mangle in Practice
The Mangle in Practice
Andrew Pickering, Keith Guzik
Science as It Could Have Been
Science as It Could Have Been
Andrew Pickering, Emiliano Trizio, Lena Soler
The Witches of Selwood Forest
The Witches of Selwood Forest
Andrew Pickering
Secret Frome
Secret Frome
Andrew Pickering, Gary Kearley
Alien Agency
Alien Agency
Andrew Pickering, Chris Salter
The Mangle of Practice
The Mangle of Practice
Andrew Pickering

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