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The Diversification of Health. Politics of Large-scale Cooperation in Nutrition Science.
Bart Penders
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Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages, 9 b/w illus. BIC Classification: MBNH3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 284.
Complex problems and ambitious goals are often thought to become easier by enlarging and diversifying the group of experts dealing with them. As a result, these complex entities are fragmented into smaller ones that can be dealt with by single laboratories. Bart Penders ventured into nutrition science to observe and join teams of scientists to find out what happens to these problems and goals. He attended conferences and workshops and worked in their laboratories. He shows that scientists mobilise everything in their power to solve problems: they reconstruct elements of the problem, such as our health. In the process, the ... Read more
Complex problems and ambitious goals are often thought to become easier by enlarging and diversifying the group of experts dealing with them. As a result, these complex entities are fragmented into smaller ones that can be dealt with by single laboratories. Bart Penders ventured into nutrition science to observe and join teams of scientists to find out what happens to these problems and goals. He attended conferences and workshops and worked in their laboratories. He shows that scientists mobilise everything in their power to solve problems: they reconstruct elements of the problem, such as our health. In the process, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
Number of Pages
190
Place of Publication
, Germany
ISBN
9783837614800
SKU
V9783837614800
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About Bart Penders
Bart Penders (PhD) is a postdoctoral researcher in Science & Technology Studies. He studies the normative effects of large-scale science and the co-evolution of facts, knowledge and norms.
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