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social studies of science and technology  

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  • Social studies of science and technology is a field of scholarship that has developed in its current form only in the past 40 years or so; it is often referred to as STS, for science and technology studies. In its broadest sense, STS is concerned with the conceptual and empirical analysis of science and technology in their social context. [Source: Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences; Social Studies of Science and Technology]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-GWF0MSSL-X

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