Infectious Processes: Knowledge, Discourse, and the Politics of Prions

by Eve Seguin

Introduction: Prions?; E.Seguin PART I: KNOWLEDGE The Early History of the Protein-Only Hypothesis. Scientific Change and Multidisciplinary Research; M.J.Poulsen & H.Andersen Styles of Scientific Practice and the Prion Controversy; K.Kim Paradigm Change? Explaining the Nature of the TSE Agent in Germany; K.Dressel PART II: DISCOURSE Visualizing Prions, Graphic Representations and the Biography of Prions; J.Segal & E.Francoeur PART III: POLITICS Prion...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403932239
• ISBN13: 9781403932235
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.8"