Reconstructions: Recreating Science and Technology of the Past - Softcover

 
9781905267484: Reconstructions: Recreating Science and Technology of the Past
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1905267487 ISBN 13: 9781905267484
Verlag: NMSE - Publishing Ltd, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

Historic reconstructions have become a decisive tool in the history of science and technology. This volume brings together key studies of recently completed reconstruction projects. These cover subject areas as diverse as physics, computing, photography, communication, transport and military.

`Contributors present their reconstruction projects and explore how their work has provided them with a new or deeper understanding of the skills, practices and tacit knowledge involved in the making and use of material culture. They analyse competing traditions in the manufacture and use of artefacts and reflect on the changing social roles of inventors and practitioners.

`The book covers questions such as: What are the motives for doing reconstruction projects? What can we learn from placing these projects in a broader cultural context? What are the uses of "failed" reconstructions? Contributors also discuss the relevance of their projects for the public understanding of science and technology.'

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Klaus Staubermann is Principal Curator of Technology, Department of Science and Technology, National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh.

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Verlag
NMSE - Publishing Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1905267487
ISBN 13 
9781905267484
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
276
Herausgeber
Staubermann Klaus
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