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The evolution of scientific knowledge /

The evolution of scientific knowledge / edited by Hans Siggaard Jensen and Lykke Margot Richter, Morten Thanning Vendelø. - Cheltenham, UK ; Northhampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2003. - xi, 225 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - New horizons in institutional and evolutionary economics .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book aims to reach a unique understanding of science with the help of both economic and socioogical theories.The economic theories used are institutionalist and evolutionary. The sociological theories draw from the type of work on social studies of science that have, in recent decades, transformed our picture of science and technology.

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Science--History.
Science--Philosophy.
Science--Social aspects.

Q175 / .E93 2003

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