The Architecture of Science
Language: English
Published by MIT Press, 1999
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Please note that this is a heavy item and may require extra postage for international shipping; Dust jacket is clean and unmarked; front and rear boards are sturdy and unmarked with spine slightly sunned and bumped at edges; binding tight; pages crisp, illustrations bright and without annotations. Overall this is a very nice copy with minimal signs of use. ; The MIT Press; 9.5 X 1.5 X 10.25 inches; 576 pages.
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- Title
- The Architecture of Science
- Author
- Galison, Peter
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Dust jacket
- Very Good+
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0262071908
- ISBN 13
- 9780262071901
How do the spaces in which science is done shape the identity of the scientist andthe self-conception of scientific fields? How do the sciences structure the identity of thearchitect and the practice of architecture in a specific period? And how does the design of spacessuch as laboratories, hospitals, and museums affect how the public perceives and interacts with theworld of science? The Architecture of Science offers a dazzling set of speculations on these issuesby historians of science, architecture, and art; architectural theorists; and sociologists as wellas practicing scientists and architects. The essays are organized into six sections: "Of Secrecy andOpenness: Science and Architecture in Early Modern Europe"; "Displaying and Concealing Technics inthe Nineteenth Century"; "Modern Space"; "Is Architecture Science?"; "Princeton after Modernism: TheLewis Thomas Laboratory for Molecular Biology"; and "Centers, Cities, and Colliders."
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About the Author
Emily Thompson is a Professor of History at Princeton University.
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