Systematics as Cyberscience : Computers, Change, and Continuity in Science.
Title:
Systematics as Cyberscience : Computers, Change, and Continuity in Science.
Author:
Hine, Christine.
ISBN:
9780262275408
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (318 pages)
Series:
Inside Technology
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introducing the Study of a Cyberscience -- 2 Science, ICTs, and the Imagining of Change -- 3 Computers and the Politics of Systematics -- 4 Behind the Scenes and Across the Globe: Virtualizing the Material Culture of Systematics -- 5 Communication and Disciplinarity -- 6 Individuals, Institutions, Initiatives -- 7 Conclusion: Socially Meaningful Cyberscience -- Appendix: Messages Sent to the Taxacom List Asking for Input -- Notes -- References -- Series List -- Index.
Abstract:
An exploration of the use of information and communication technologies by biologists working in systematics (taxonomy) and the dynamics of change and continuity with past practices in the development of systematics as a cyberscience.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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