Beyond The Lab

Author : Eike-Christian Heine,Martin Meiske
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780822987789

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Beyond the Lab and the Field by Eike-Christian Heine,Martin Meiske Pdf

Beyond the Lab and the Field analyzes infrastructures as intense sites of knowledge production in the Americas, Europe, and Asia since the late nineteenth century. Moving beyond classical places known for yielding scientific knowledge, chapters in this volume explore how the construction and maintenance of canals, highways, dams, irrigation schemes, the oil industry, and logistic networks intersected with the creation of know-how and expertise. Referred to by the authors as “scientific bonanzas,” such intersections reveal opportunities for great wealth, but also distress and misfortune. This volume explores how innovative technologies provided research opportunities for scientists and engineers, as they relied on expertise to operate, which resulted in enormous profits for some. But, like the history of any gold rush, the history of infrastructure also reveals how technologies of modernity transformed nature, disrupting communities and destroying the local environment. Focusing not on the victory march of science and technology but on ambivalent change, contributors consider the role of infrastructures for ecology, geology, archaeology, soil science, engineering, ethnography, heritage, and polar exploration. Together, they also examine largely overlooked perspectives on modernity: the reliance of infrastructure on knowledge, and infrastructures as places and occasions that inspired a greater understanding of the natural world and the technologically made environment.

Author : William Albert,Thomas Tullis,Donna Tedesco
Publisher : Morgan Kaufmann
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009-12-21
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0080953859

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Beyond the Usability Lab by William Albert,Thomas Tullis,Donna Tedesco Pdf

Usability testing and user experience research typically take place in a controlled lab with small groups. While this type of testing is essential to user experience design, more companies are also looking to test large sample sizes to be able compare data according to specific user populations and see how their experiences differ across user groups. But few usability professionals have experience in setting up these studies, analyzing the data, and presenting it in effective ways. Online usability testing offers the solution by allowing testers to elicit feedback simultaneously from 1,000s of users. Beyond the Usability Lab offers tried and tested methodologies for conducting online usability studies. It gives practitioners the guidance they need to collect a wealth of data through cost-effective, efficient, and reliable practices. The reader will develop a solid understanding of the capabilities of online usability testing, when it’s appropriate to use and not use, and will learn about the various types of online usability testing techniques. *The first guide for conducting large-scale user experience research using the internet *Presents how-to conduct online tests with 1000s of participants – from start to finish *Outlines essential tips for online studies to ensure cost-efficient and reliable results

Author : David J. Bennett,Richard C. Jennings
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781107161054

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Successful Careers beyond the Lab by David J. Bennett,Richard C. Jennings Pdf

This book provides first-hand accounts of the many career opportunities open to graduates and postgraduates in the sciences and engineering beyond academic research.

Author : Jason Lindsey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0985424842

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Beyond the Science Lab by Jason Lindsey Pdf

In this inspirational book of easy-to-do science experiments, Jason Lindsey, a.k.a. "Mr. Science" shows kids that God is the ultimate scientist. Each chapter is inspired by a Bible passage and teaches kids about a particular scientific principle. Through the exploding film canister, the skewered balloon, the magnetic dollar and many other experiments Mr. Science explains a scientific principle as well as a Bible truth.

Author : Alan Chamberlain,Andy Crabtree
Publisher : Springer
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030180201

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Into the Wild: Beyond the Design Research Lab by Alan Chamberlain,Andy Crabtree Pdf

This edited collection opens up new intellectual territories and articulates the ways in which academics are theorising and practicing new forms of research in ‘wild’ contexts. Many researchers are choosing to leave the familiarity of their laboratory-based settings in order to pursue in-situ studies ‘in the wild’ that can help them to better understand the implications of their work in real-world settings. This has naturally led to ethical, philosophical and practical reappraisals with regard to the taken for granted lab-based modus operandi of scientific, cultural and design-based ways of working. This evolving movement has led to a series of critical debates opening up around the nature of research in the wild, but up until now these debates have not been drawn together in a coherent way that could be useful in an academic context. The book brings together applied, methodological and theoretical perspectives relating to this subject area, and provides a platform and a source of reference material for researchers, students and academics to base their work on. Cutting across multiple disciplines relating to philosophy, sociology, ethnography, design, human–computer interaction, science, history and critical theory, this timely collection appeals to a broad range of academics in varying fields of research.

Author : Declan Fahy
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781442233430

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The New Celebrity Scientists by Declan Fahy Pdf

A new cultural icon strode the world stage at the turn of the twenty-first century: the celebrity scientist, as comfortable in Vanity Fair and Vogue as Smithsonian. Declan Fahy profiles eight of these eloquent, controversial, and compelling sellers of science to investigate how they achieved celebrity in the United States and internationally—and explores how their ideas influence our understanding of the world. Fahy traces the career trajectories of Richard Dawkins, Stephen Hawking, Steven Pinker, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Brian Greene, Stephen Jay Gould, Susan Greenfield, and James Lovelock. He demonstrates how each scientist embraced the power of promotion and popularization to stimulate thinking, impact policy, influence research, drive controversies, and mobilize social movements. He also considers critical claims that they speak beyond their expertise and for personal gain. The result is a fascinating look into how celebrity scientists help determine what it means to be human, the nature of reality, and how to prepare for society’s uncertain future.

Author : Tetsu Natsume,Mario Tokoro
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351651820

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Out of the Lab and On the Market by Tetsu Natsume,Mario Tokoro Pdf

Tetsu Natsume of Sony Computer Science Labs (Sony CSL) has been pioneering technology promotion for a decade. As he seeks marketplace opportunities for ground-breaking research, he plays the role of a Technology Producer -- a role that will be increasingly important as organizations seek optimally efficient and effective applications of basic research. Natsume's task has been greatly facilitated by his association with Sony CSL, a research lab founded by co-author Mario Tokoro. While CSL is owned by SONY, it nevertheless operates almost entirely independently. At CSL, a diverse, cosmopolitan group of talented researchers are free to explore any idea that might one day change the world. Natsume's task is to optimise that process by identifying the best path to the market for the new insights that pour out of CSL. Functioning somewhat like a movie producer, Natsume has blazed a trail for technology promoters the world over. He explains his techniques for overcoming challenges and embracing opportunities. His "10 core principles of technology promotion", which offer the reader an especially valuable framework for moving between the very different worlds of the lab and the marketplace, cover the importance of appropriate timing, speed, commitment and mindset, while being rigorously simple and boldly ambitious. This book is an eye-opening primer for anyone interested in realising and optimising the commercial value of basic research.

Author : Hope Jahren
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101874943

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Lab Girl by Hope Jahren Pdf

National Bestseller Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography A New York Times Notable Book Geobiologist Hope Jahren has spent her life studying trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Lab Girl is her revelatory treatise on plant life—but it is also a celebration of the lifelong curiosity, humility, and passion that drive every scientist. In these pages, Hope takes us back to her Minnesota childhood, where she spent hours in unfettered play in her father’s college laboratory. She tells us how she found a sanctuary in science, learning to perform lab work “with both the heart and the hands.” She introduces us to Bill, her brilliant, eccentric lab manager. And she extends the mantle of scientist to each one of her readers, inviting us to join her in observing and protecting our environment. Warm, luminous, compulsively readable, Lab Girl vividly demonstrates the mountains that we can move when love and work come together. Winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Film Prize for Excellence in Science Books Finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award One of the Best Books of the Year: The Washington Post, TIME.com, NPR, Slate, Entertainment Weekly, Newsday, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Kirkus Reviews

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Lab Manager Magazine
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Lab Manager Magazine - September Issue by Anonim Pdf

Author : Nancy Baron
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781597269650

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Escape from the Ivory Tower by Nancy Baron Pdf

Most scientists and researchers aren’t prepared to talk to the press or to policymakers—or to deal with backlash. Many researchers have the horror stories to prove it. What’s clear, according to Nancy Baron, is that scientists, journalists and public policymakers come from different cultures. They follow different sets of rules, pursue different goals, and speak their own language. To effectively reach journalists and public officials, scientists need to learn new skills and rules of engagement. No matter what your specialty, the keys to success are clear thinking, knowing what you want to say, understanding your audience, and using everyday language to get your main points across. In this practical and entertaining guide to communicating science, Baron explains how to engage your audience and explain why a particular finding matters. She explores how to ace your interview, promote a paper, enter the political fray, and use new media to connect with your audience. The book includes advice from journalists, decision makers, new media experts, bloggers and some of the thousands of scientists who have participated in her communication workshops. Many of the researchers she has worked with have gone on to become well-known spokespeople for science-related issues. Baron and her protégées describe the risks and rewards of “speaking up,” how to deal with criticism, and the link between communications and leadership. The final chapter, ‘Leading the Way’ offers guidance to scientists who want to become agents of change and make your science matter. Whether you are an absolute beginner or a seasoned veteran looking to hone your skills, Escape From the Ivory Tower can help make your science understood, appreciated and perhaps acted upon.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Medical
ISBN : PURD:32754077831349

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Ensuring Accuracy and Accountability in Laboratory Testing by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources Pdf

Author : Adam Fejerskov
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780198870272

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The Global Lab by Adam Fejerskov Pdf

The Global Lab tells the story of a group of organizations and corporations using low-income countries as a laboratory. It reveals experiments with untested technologies, biometric humanitarian solutions, and radical methodologies for social change. The book maps out the political, institutional, and ethical coordinates of emergent transnational practices of experimentation, asking where and how this movement works, while unfolding the human, philosophical, and political consequences of its ideas and interventions. The book takes the reader through Silicon Valley, Africa, and Asia to understand the tangible and transformative implications of contemporary human experimentation. It follows a set of main protagonists, from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to experimental economists known as the randomistas, to humanitarian organizations and pharmaceutical companies. These actors form a movement inspired by the logic of Silicon Valley about the need for fast-paced radical change and societal disruption, technological innovation as progress, and the privatization and commercialization of the human mind and body. Ultimately, the book examines the inequality of experimentation that is found in the erection of walls between us and them, and the imagined universal and often unquestioned value of scientific and technological progress.

Author : Paul A. Offit
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781426217982

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Pandora's Lab by Paul A. Offit Pdf

Exploring the most fascinating and significant scientific missteps, the author presents seven cautionary lessons to separate good science from bad.

Author : Mathieu O'Neil,Christian Pentzold,Sophie Toupin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781119537090

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The Handbook of Peer Production by Mathieu O'Neil,Christian Pentzold,Sophie Toupin Pdf

The definitive reference work with comprehensive analysis and review of peer production Peer production is no longer the sole domain of small groups of technical or academic elites. The internet has enabled millions of people to collectively produce, revise, and distribute everything from computer operating systems and applications to encyclopedia articles and film and television databases. Today, peer production has branched out to include wireless networks, online currencies, biohacking, and peer-to-peer urbanism, amongst others. The Handbook of Peer Production outlines central concepts, examines current and emerging areas of application, and analyzes the forms and principles of cooperation that continue to impact multiple areas of production and sociality. Featuring contributions from an international team of experts in the field, this landmark work maps the origins and manifestations of peer production, discusses the factors and conditions that are enabling, advancing, and co-opting peer production, and considers its current impact and potential consequences for the social order. Detailed chapters address the governance, political economy, and cultures of peer production, user motivations, social rules and norms, the role of peer production in social change and activism, and much more. Filling a gap in available literature as the only extensive overview of peer production’s modes of generating informational goods and services, this groundbreaking volume: Offers accessible, up-to-date information to both specialists and non-specialists across academia, industry, journalism, and public advocacy Includes interviews with leading practitioners discussing the future of peer production Discusses the history, traditions, key debates, and pioneers of peer production Explores technologies for peer production, openness and licensing, peer learning, open design and manufacturing, and free and open-source software The Handbook of Peer Production is an indispensable resource for students, instructors, researchers, and professionals working in fields including communication studies, science and technology studies, sociology, and management studies, as well as those interested in the network information economy, the public domain, and new forms of organization and networking.

Author : Gwyneth H. McClendon,Rachel Beatty Riedl
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108486576

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From Pews to Politics by Gwyneth H. McClendon,Rachel Beatty Riedl Pdf

Using Christianity in Africa, this book demonstrates that cultural influences, specifically religious sermons, can impact political participation.