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The list Sociology of scientific knowledge includes Bruno Latour, Jean Cazeneuve, Trevor Pinch, Wanda Orlikowski and Steve Woolgar. The list consists of 24 members and 2 sublists.

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Sociology
Scientific study of human society and its origins, development, organizations, and institutions
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    Bruno Latour
    French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist (1947–2022)
    Bruno Latour
    Overview: Bruno Latour (22 June 1947 – 9 October 2022) was a French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist. He is especially known for his work in the field of science and technology studies (STS). After t ...
    Date of birth: 22 June 1947
    Date of death: 9 October 2022
    Age: 75 (age at death)
    Nationality: French
    Occupation: Sociologist
    Gender: Male
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    French male essayists 241T
    21st-century male writers 1,614T
    20th-century male writers 5,043T
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    Benoît Godin
    Canadian sociologist of science and innovation
    Overview: Benoît Godin is a Canadian political scientist, and sociologist.
    Date of death: 5 January 2021
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    Overview: Richard Walter Rottenburg (Born February 6, 1953) is an Anthropologist of Science and Technology and Professor at Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand.
    Date of birth: 6 February 1953
    Age: 72
    Nationality: German
    Occupation: Anthropologist
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    Jean Cazeneuve
    Sociologist
    Overview: Jean Cazeneuve (17 May 1915 – 4 October 2005) was a French sociologist and anthropologist. Apart from being a scholar, he has been involved with Radio and TV at the executive level; from 1964 till ...
    Date of birth: 17 May 1915
    Date of death: 4 October 2005
    Age: 90 (age at death)
    Nationality: French
    Occupation: Sociologist
    Gender: Male
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    People from Ussel 6T
    20th-century French male writers 1,582T
    Prix de l'essai laureates 16T
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    Steven Yearley
    British sociologist
    Overview: Steve Yearley FRSE (born 6 September 1956) is a British sociologist. He is Professor of the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge at the University of Edinburgh, a post he has held since 2005. Between 2006 ...
    Date of birth: 1956
    Age: 68
    Nationality: British
    Occupation: Sociologist
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    Martin Kusch
    German philosopher
    Overview: Martin Kusch (born 19 October 1959) is Professor of philosophy at the University of Vienna. Until 2009, Kusch was Professor of Philosophy and Sociology of science at the Department of History and Philosophy ...
    Date of birth: 19 October 1959
    Age: 65
    Nationality: German
    Occupation: Philosopher
    Gender: Male
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    Steve Woolgar
    British sociologist
    Steve Woolgar
    Overview: Stephen William Woolgar (born 14 February 1950) is a British sociologist. He has worked closely with Bruno Latour, with whom he wrote Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts (1979).
    Date of birth: 14 February 1950
    Age: 75
    Nationality: British
    Occupation: Sociologist
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    Social constructionism 74T
    Fellows of Green Templeton College, Oxford 32T
    Science and technology studies 29T
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    Trevor Pinch
    British sociologist (1952–2021)
    Trevor Pinch
    Overview: Trevor J. Pinch (1 January 1952 - 16 December 2021) was a British sociologist, part-time musician and former chair of the Science and Technology Studies department at Cornell University. In 2018, he won ...
    Date of birth: 1952
    Date of death: 16 December 2021
    Age: 69 (age at death)
    Nationality: Scottish
    Occupation: Sociologist
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    Social constructionism 74T
    Scottish sociologists 17T
    Science and technology studies scholars 41T
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    Wiebe Bijker
    Dutch academic
    Wiebe Bijker
    Overview: Wiebe E. Bijker (born 19 March 1951, Delft) is a Dutch professor Emeritus, former chair of the Department of Social Science and Technology at Maastricht University in the Netherlands.
    Date of birth: 19 March 1951
    Age: 73
    Nationality: Dutch
    Occupation: Historian
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    Leonardo da Vinci Medal recipients 30T
    Science and technology studies scholars 41T
    Dutch engineers 67T
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    Wanda Orlikowski
    American computer scientist
    Overview: Wanda J. Orlikowski is a US-based organizational theorist and Information Systems researcher, and the Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Information Technologies and Organization Studies at the MIT Sloan School ...
    Nationality: South African
    Occupation: Sociologist
    Gender: Female
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    South African women computer scientists 2T
    Information systems researchers 90T
    MIT Sloan School of Management faculty 127T
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    Harry Collins
    British sociologist of science
    Harry Collins
    Overview: Harry Collins, FBA (born 13 June 1943), is a British sociologist of science at the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Wales. In 2012 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy.
    Date of birth: 13 June 1943
    Age: 81
    Nationality: British
    Occupation: Sociologist
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    Science and technology studies scholars 41T
    Academics of the University of Bath 69T
    Academics of Cardiff University 167T
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    Barry Barnes
    British sociologist
    Overview: S. Barry Barnes (born 27 March 1943) was Professor of Sociology at the University of Exeter.
    Date of birth: 27 March 1943
    Age: 81
    Nationality: British
    Occupation: Sociologist
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    Academics of the University of Exeter 164T
    Sociologists of science 45T
    British sociologists 263T
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    David Bloor
    academic and sociologist
    Overview: David Bloor (born 1942) is a British sociologist. He is a professor in, and a former director of, the Science Studies Unit at the University of Edinburgh. He is a key figure in the Edinburgh school and ...
    Date of birth: 1942
    Age: 82
    Nationality: British
    Occupation: Sociologist
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    Science and technology studies scholars 41T
    Sociologists of science 45T
    Philosophers of science 495T
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    Grievance studies affair
    2018 group of bogus academic papers
    Grievance studies affair
    Overview: The Grievance studies affair, also referred to as the "Sokal Squared" scandal, was the project of a team of three authors—James A. Lindsay, Peter Boghossian, and Helen Pluckrose—to highlight what they ...
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    Sociology of scientific knowledge
    Study of science as a social activity
    Overview: The sociology of scientific knowledge (SSK) is the study of science as a social activity, especially dealing with "the social conditions and effects of science, and with the social structures and processes ...
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    Beamtimes and Lifetimes
    1988 book by Sharon Traweek
    Beamtimes and Lifetimes
    Overview: Beamtimes and Lifetimes: The World of High Energy Physicists is a book by Sharon Traweek on cultural anthropology and the sociology of science among people in the field of particle physics. It is an e ...
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    Science and technology studies works 11T
    1992 non-fiction books 220T
    Anthropology books 173T
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    Social construction of technology
    theory within the field of Science and Technology Studies
    Social construction of technology
    Overview: Social construction of technology (SCOT) is a theory within the field of science and technology studies. Advocates of SCOT—that is, social constructivists—argue that technology does not determine human ...
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    We Have Never Been Modern
    book by Bruno Latour
    We Have Never Been Modern
    Overview: We Have Never Been Modern is a 1991 book by Bruno Latour, originally published in French as Nous n'avons jamais été modernes: Essai d'anthropologie symétrique (English translation: 1993).
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    Science and technology studies works 11T
    1991 non-fiction books 206T
    Books in philosophy of technology 59T
  • 19.

    Laboratory Life
    book by Bruno Latour
    Laboratory Life
    Overview: Laboratory Life: The Social Construction of Scientific Facts is a 1979 book by sociologists of science Bruno Latour and Steve Woolgar.
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    Science in Action (book)
    Book by Bruno Latour
    Science in Action (book)
    Overview: Science in Action: How to Follow Scientists and Engineers Through Society (ISBN 0-674-79291-2) is a seminal book by French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist Bruno Latour first published in 1987 ...
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    Science and technology studies works 11T
    1987 non-fiction books 137T
    Books in philosophy of technology 59T
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