Imperial Technoscience Transnational Histories of MRI in the United States, Britain, and India

Name: Imperial Technoscience Transnational Histories of MRI in the United States, Britain, and India
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ISBN: 9780262026956

ISBN-10: 0262026953

ISBN-13: 9780262026956

Edition: 2014

Authors: Amit Prasad

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The origin of modern science is often located in Europe and the West. ThisEuro/West-centrism relegates emergent practices elsewhere to the periphery, undergirding analyses ofcontemporary transnational science and technology with traditional but now untenable hierarchicalcategories. In this book, Amit Prasad examines features of transnationality in science andtechnology through a study of MRI research and development in the United States, Britain, and India.In an analysis that is both theoretically nuanced and empirically robust, Prasad unravels theentangled genealogies of MRI research, practice, and culture in these three countries. Prasadfollows sociotechnical trails in relation to five…

Book details

List price: $41.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 3/14/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Amit Prasad is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University ofMissouri--Columbia.