Systematics as cyberscience computers, change, and continuity in science

For all the use scientists make of computers in their work, we still know little about how computing affects their working methods and the knowledge they produce. Christine Hine explores these questions by examining the developing use of information technology in one discipline, systematics (the cla...

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Main Author: Hine, Christine
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. MIT Press 2008
Series:Inside technology
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Collection: MIT Press eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:For all the use scientists make of computers in their work, we still know little about how computing affects their working methods and the knowledge they produce. Christine Hine explores these questions by examining the developing use of information technology in one discipline, systematics (the classification of organisims)
Physical Description:x, 307 pages illustrations
ISBN:1435628365
0262275406
9781435628366
9780262275408