Laboratory Lifestyles - The Construction of Scientific FictionsPevná vazba
Laboratory Lifestyles - The Construction of Scientific FictionsPevná vazba A generously illustrated examination of the boom in luxurious, resort-style scientific laboratories and how this affects…
Specifikacia Laboratory Lifestyles - The Construction of Scientific FictionsPevná vazba
Laboratory Lifestyles - The Construction of Scientific FictionsPevná vazba
A generously illustrated examination of the boom in luxurious, resort-style scientific laboratories and how this affects scientists' work.The past decade has seen an extraordinary laboratory-building boom. The buildings sprawl luxuriously on verdant campuses or sit sleekly in expensive urban neighborhoods. This new crop of laboratories features spectacular architecture and resort-like amenities.
Yet there is little empirical evidence that shows if they do. Designed to attract venture capital, generous philanthropy, and star scientists, these laboratories are meant to create the ideal conditions for scientific discovery. Laboratory Lifestyles examines this new species of scientific laboratory from architectural, economic, social, and scientific perspectives.
Generously illustrated with photographs of laboratories and scientists at work in them, the book
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