Browsing Science Technology and Innovation Studies thesis and dissertation collection by Issue Date
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The physical cosmology of Alfred North Whitehead
(The University of Edinburgh, 1951)Throughout the history of philosophy, cosmological theories have always deservedly enjoyed a position of special prominence. Of all recent cosmologies, or phi - losophies of Nature, perhaps the most comprehensive ... -
The mathematical work of David Gregory, 1659-1708
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Politics and technology of sharing the Ganges
(The University of Edinburgh, 1980)This thesis is a study of the international conflict over the sharing of the waters of the River Ganges: its origins, conduct and consequences. In Part I the proximate cause of the conflict - the Farakka Barrage Project ... -
The early development of the reflecting telescope in Britain
(The University of Edinburgh, 1981)The first effective demonstration of a telescope using reflecting optics was made by Isaac Newton, and his invention was given wide- spread publicity by the Royal Society of London in 1672. Newtonts instrument was closely ... -
Technology transfer in the Indian and Indonesian pharmaceutical industries
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The role of science and technology in the process of medical specialisation.
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Nutrition in Britain in the twentieth century.
(University of Edinburgh, 1986) -
Science, professionalism and the development of medical education in England : an historical sociology
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Breathing life into the wooden model: a participant observation study of technical change
(The University of Edinburgh, 1990)This thesis reports the results of fifteen m onths ofparticipant observation study of a major technological research and development project. The project, in the ... -
Mechanisms of neurokinin₁ receptor action in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord
(The University of Edinburgh, 1998)This study addressed the role of neurokinin] (NKi) receptors in nociceptive transmission and their participation in a series of events involving glycine and NMDA receptor-mediated effects on spinal neurones. Using an in ... -
Transsexualism and hetrosexual matrix
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Robert Jameson, geology and polite culture, 1796-1826: natural knowledge enquiry and civic sensibility in late Enlightenment Scotland
(The University of Edinburgh, 2001-12-05)The central figure in this thesis is Robert Jameson (1774-1854), geologist, mineralogist and Professor of Natural History at the University of Edinburgh. Jameson's geological work is examined in relation to the social ... -
Encounters with the Information Society
(The University of Edinburgh, 2002)This research introduces a novel methodology to study the appropriation of new Information and Communication technologies (ICTs) or "Multimedia" in a natural setting. This includes computers, mobile phones and television, ... -
Principle and practice : an analysis of nineteenth and twentieth century euthanasia debates (1854-1969)
(The University of Edinburgh, 2004)Such is the powerful, emotive nature of the subject of euthanasia that its reach stretches beyond the pages of specialised medical journals or the conference rooms of an interested few. Despite this, investigation into ... -
Making the science of global warming: a social history of climate science in Britain
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From Scrapie to Prion disease: the social construction of a novel infectious agent
(The University of Edinburgh, 2005)The aim of the research is to examine socio-historically the medical scientific disputes relating to the so-called prion disease including scrapie, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), transmissible mink encephalopathy ... -
The social shaping of ICTs standards: a case of national coded character set standards controversy in Korea
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Cultivating the 'Generic Solution' -- The Emergence of A Chinese Product Data Management (PDM) Software Package
(2007-11)This is a study of the design and development of an Organisational Software Package (OSP). It particularly focuses on the ambitions and supplier strategy of building a ‘generic software solution’ (i.e., a software system ... -
‘Cleaner innovation’? A political process approach to environmental aspects of process technology innovations
(2008)This thesis seeks to improve our understanding of the integration of explicit environmental motives into innovation processes. This will be done by applying insights from the social shaping of technology field as well ...
