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List of Figures – List of Tables – Acknowledgements – PART 1 INTRODUCTION – Introduction: How to Study the Force of Science; M.Callon, J.Law and A.Rip – PART 2 THE POWER OF TEXTS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY – The Sociology of an Actor-Network: The Case of the Electric Vehicle; M.Callon – Laboratories and Texts; J.Law – Writing Science: Fact and Fiction: The Analysis of the Process of Reality Construction through the Application of Socio-Semiotic Methods to Scientific Texts; B.Latour and F.Bastide – The Heterogeneity of Texts; J.Law – Mobilising Resources through Texts; A.Rip – PART 3 MAPPING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY – Qualitative Scientometrics; M.Callon, A.Rip and J.Law – Aquaculture: A Field by Bureaucratic Fiat; S.Bauin – State Intervention in Academic and Industrial Research: The Case of Macromolecular Chemistry in France; W.Turner and M.Callon – Pinpointing Industrial Invention: An Exploration of Quantitative Methods for the Analysis of Patents; M.Callon – Technical Issues and Developments in Methodology; J-P.Courtial – Future Developments; M.Callon, J-P.Courtial and W.Turner – PART 4 CONCLUSIONS – Putting Texts in their Place; M.Callon, J.Law and A.Rip – Glossary – Bibliography – Index
