Taking Place: The Spatial Contexts of Science, Technology, and Business [Hardcover]

Hjalmar Fors, and Anders Houltz, editors Enrico Baraldi (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0881352527 | ISBN-13: 978-0881352528 | Publication Date: April 7, 2006

Taking Place deals with places shaped by interactions of science, technology, and industry. It treats place as an essential factor for understanding municipalities, companies, scientists, and scientific institutions. It discusses, by means of historical and contemporary examples, the embodiment of ideas and power relationships in architectural structures, and how the creation of organized places can create or reverse the flow of people, ideas, wealth and commodities.

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• Hardcover: 422 pages
• Publisher: Science History Publications, USA (April 7, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0881352527
• ISBN-13: 978-0881352528
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,041,277 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The complex and interwoven history of science, technological advancements, and the pervasive influence of industry, June 7, 2006

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This review is from: Taking Place: The Spatial Contexts of Science, Technology, and Business (Hardcover)

Expertly co-authored and edited by the team of Enrico Baraldi (Assistant Professor at the Department of Business Studies and an associate of the Uppsala STS Center, Uppsala University), Hjalmar Fors (Assistant Professor at the Department of History of Science and Technology, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm), and Anders Houltz (Assistant Professor of Industrial Heritage Studies at the Department of History of Science and Technology, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm) Taking Place: The Spacial Contexts Of Science, Technology And Business is the complex and interwoven history of science, technological advancements, and the pervasive influence of industry. Knowledgeably addressing the flow and justification of history's organized and progressive pursuit of the sciences and the reciprocal involvement with business, Taking Place provides readers with a scholarly and descriptive analysis which is a recommended addition to academic library History of Science reference collections and supplemental reading lists.