Studies in the history of science, technology and medicine
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-258) and index.
Ch. 1. 'On with the motley' : the contingent assemblage of knowledge spaces -- ch. 2. Talk, templates and tradition : How the masons built Chartres Cathedral without plans -- ch. 3. Tricksters and cartographers : maps, science and the state in the making of a modern scientific knowledge space -- ch. 4. Pacific navigation : an alternative scientific tradition -- ch. 5. Making malaria curable : extending a knowledge space to create a vaccine -- ch. 6. Messiness and order in turbulence research.
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Masons, tricksters and cartographers.
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Comparative studies in the sociology of scientific and indigenous knowledge