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David Edge
Researcher at University of Edinburgh
Publications - 18
Citations - 4468
David Edge is an academic researcher from University of Edinburgh. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social shaping of technology & Science studies. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 18 publications receiving 4385 citations.
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The Social Shaping of Technology
Robin Williams,David Edge +1 more
TL;DR: The social shaping of technology (SST) as discussed by the authors is a growing body of research that explores how the design and implementation of technology are patterned by a range of "social" and "economic" factors as well as narrowly "technical" considerations.
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The social shaping of technology
Robin Williams,David Edge +1 more
TL;DR: The social shaping of technology (SST) as mentioned in this paper is a growing body of research that explores how the design and implementation of technology are patterned by a range of "social" and "economic" factors as well as narrowly "technical" considerations.
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Quantitative measures of communication in science: a critical review.
TL;DR: It is the contention that the tendency to characterize 'science' in terms of this formal process, and to employ methods designed to analyze the formal literature, "obscures key features" of scientific research.
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Science in Context: Readings in the Sociology of Science
Barry Barnes,David Edge +1 more
TL;DR: The Sociology of Science is a collection of eighteen readings published between 1961 and 1981 as mentioned in this paper, focusing on the relationship between the subculture of science and the wider culture which surrounds it.