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Material Culture and the Dobsonian Telescope 物质文化和多布森望远镜

Spontaneous Generations-Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2010-08-09 DOI: 10.4245/SPONGE.V4I1.11947

J. Sewell, Andrew Johnston

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Apparatus and Experimentation Revisited 仪器与实验重访

Spontaneous Generations-Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2010-08-09 DOI: 10.4245/SPONGE.V4I1.11892

T. Levere

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“Old” Technology in New Hands: Instruments as Mediators of Interdisciplinary Learning in Microfluidics “旧”技术在新手中:仪器作为微流体跨学科学习的媒介

Spontaneous Generations-Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2010-08-09 DOI: 10.4245/SPONGE.V4I1.11942

D. S. Olsen

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Learning From Artifacts: A Review of the “Reading Artifacts: Summer Institute in the Material Culture of Science,” Presented by The Canada Science and Technology Museum and Situating Science Cluster 从文物中学习:“阅读文物:科学物质文化中的暑期研修”述评，加拿大科技馆和情境科学集群主办

Spontaneous Generations-Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2010-08-09 DOI: 10.4245/SPONGE.V4I1.13861

J. Virdi

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William Sims Bainbridge. The Warcraft Civilization: Social Science in a Virtual World 威廉·西姆斯·班布里奇。《魔兽文明:虚拟世界中的社会科学

Spontaneous Generations-Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2010-08-09 DOI: 10.4245/SPONGE.V4I1.13757

Bruce J. Petrie

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引用次数: 2

Eileen Crist and H. Bruce Rinker, eds. Gaia in Turmoil: Climate Change, Biodepletion and Earth Ethics in an Age of Crisis 艾琳·克里斯特和h·布鲁斯·林克主编。动荡中的盖亚:危机时代的气候变化、生物枯竭和地球伦理

Spontaneous Generations-Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2010-08-09 DOI: 10.4245/SPONGE.V4I1.14192

Julia Agapitos

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Let Freeness Ring: The Canadian Standard Freeness Tester as Hegemonic Engine 让自由响起:加拿大标准自由测试仪作为霸权引擎

Spontaneous Generations-Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2010-08-09 DOI: 10.4245/SPONGE.V4I1.11331

J. Hull

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The Machine Speaks Falsely 机器会说假话

Spontaneous Generations-Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2010-08-09 DOI: 10.4245/SPONGE.V4I1.11333

A. Franklin

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Adrian Parr. Hijacking Sustainability 艾德里安·帕尔。劫持的可持续性

Spontaneous Generations-Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2010-08-09 DOI: 10.4245/SPONGE.V4I1.14196

R. Moore

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An Instrument for What? Digital Computers, Simulation and Scientific Practice 什么乐器?数字计算机、仿真与科学实践

Spontaneous Generations-Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2010-08-09 DOI: 10.4245/SPONGE.V4I1.13765

W. Parker

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