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Andrew Pickering is a sociologist and historian of science at Exeter University. He was a professor of sociology and a director of science and technology studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a public university research university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the oldest and largest campus in the University of Illinois system....
 until 2007. He holds a doctorate in physics from the University of London
University of London

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, and a doctorate in Science Studies from the University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh

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. His book Constructing Quarks: A Sociological History of Particle Physics is a classic in the field of the sociology of science
Sociology of science

Sociology of science is the subfield of sociology that deals with the practice of science.Generally speaking, the sociology of science involves the study of science as a social activity, especially dealing "with the social conditions and effects of science, and with the social structures and processes of scientific activity." It has histori...
. He also authored The mangle of practice: Time, agency and science (University of Chicago Press, 1995).






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Andrew Pickering is a sociologist and historian of science at Exeter University. He was a professor of sociology and a director of science and technology studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a public university research university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the oldest and largest campus in the University of Illinois system....
 until 2007. He holds a doctorate in physics from the University of London
University of London

Based primarily in London, England, United Kingdom, the University of London is a federal mega university made up of 31 affiliates: 19 separate university institutions, and 12 research institutes....
, and a doctorate in Science Studies from the University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh founded in 1582, is an internationally renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom....
. His book Constructing Quarks: A Sociological History of Particle Physics is a classic in the field of the sociology of science
Sociology of science

Sociology of science is the subfield of sociology that deals with the practice of science.Generally speaking, the sociology of science involves the study of science as a social activity, especially dealing "with the social conditions and effects of science, and with the social structures and processes of scientific activity." It has histori...
. He also authored The mangle of practice: Time, agency and science (University of Chicago Press, 1995). He is currently working on a book on the postwar social history of cybernetics
Cybernetics

Cybernetics is the interdisciplinary study of the structure of regulatory systems. Cybernetics is closely related to control theory and systems theory....
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Selected Publications

  • The Mangle of Practice: Time, Agency and Science. University of Chicago Press, 1995.
  • Constructing Quarks: A Sociological History of Particle Physics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press; Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1984.
  • "Elementary Particles: Discovered or Constructed?" in: W. P. Trower and G. Bellini (eds) Physics in Collision: High-Energy ee/ep/pp Interactions, pp. 439-48. New York and London: Plenum, 1982.
  • "Interests and Analogies," in: S. B. Barnes and D. O. Edge (eds.) Science in Context: Readings in the Sociology of Science, pp. 125-46. Milton Keynes: Open University Press, 1982.
  • "The Hunting of the Quark," Isis, Vol. 72 (1981), 216-36.
  • "Exemplars and Analogies: A Comment on Crane's Study of Kuhnian Paradigms in High-Energy Physics" and "Reply to Crane," Social Studies of Science, Vol. 10 (1980), 497-502, 507-8.


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