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On Earth Day 2011, Taiwan's president, Ma Ying-jeou, held a press conference. He stated that the Chinese Petroleum...

The English title of this book is slightly misleading. Despite its emphasis on social risks, the main discussion of...

In 1964, two events epitomized Japan's spectacular recovery and growth after World War II. One was the Tokyo Olympics...

Accounts of non-Western science and technology studies (STS) have proliferated in recent years. It was, however, not...

Don't let the awkward title of this book put you off. This is a book about an important set of issues that goes...

The People's Republic of China is now more than sixty years old, and its science has experienced five different...

This coauthored book traces the history of clinical labor by situating it against one hundred years of change in...

In this provocative synthesis, Ben Elman argues for the enduring significance of science, technology, and medicine in...

A multidisciplinary project, Bunbetsu sareru seimei: nijisseiki shakai no iryo senryaku (Classifying Lives: Social...

Martin Saxer is one of a number of researchers (others include Sienna Craig, Barbara Gerke, Theresia Hofer, and Stephan