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020			_a9780511762154 (ebook)
020			_z9780521196543 (hardback)
020			_z9780521159586 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aB105.F3 _bH69 2011
082	0	0	_a001 _222
245	0	0	_aHow Well Do Facts Travel? : _bThe Dissemination of Reliable Knowledge / _cedited by Peter Howlett, Mary S. Morgan.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2010.
300			_a1 online resource (488 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aThis book discusses how facts travel, and when and why they sometimes travel well enough to acquire a life of their own. Whether or not facts travel in this manner depends not only on their character and ability to play useful roles elsewhere, but also on the labels, packaging, vehicles and company that take them across difficult terrains and over disciplinary boundaries. These diverse stories of travelling facts, ranging from architecture to nanotechnology and from romance fiction to climate science, change the way we see the nature of facts. Facts are far from the bland and rather boring but useful objects that scientists and humanists produce and fit together to make narratives, arguments and evidence. Rather, their extraordinary abilities to travel well shows when, how and why facts can be used to build further knowledge beyond and away from their sites of original production and intended use.
650		0	_aFacts (Philosophy)
700	1		_aHowlett, Peter, _eeditor.
700	1		_aMorgan, Mary S., _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521196543
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511762154
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c38925 _d38925