Imperial technoscience : transnational histories of MRI in the United States, Britain, and India /

The origin of modern science is often located in Europe and the West. This Euro/West-centrism relegates emergent practices elsewhere to the periphery, undergirding analyses of contemporary transnational science and technology with traditional but now untenable hierarchical categories. In this book,...

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Main Author:	Prasad, Amit (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014]
Series:	Inside technology series
Subjects:	Magnetic resonance imaging > History. Medical innovations. Magnetic resonance imaging > United States. Magnetic resonance imaging > Great Britain. Magnetic resonance imaging > India. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Technology SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General Electronic books.
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Summary:	The origin of modern science is often located in Europe and the West. This Euro/West-centrism relegates emergent practices elsewhere to the periphery, undergirding analyses of contemporary transnational science and technology with traditional but now untenable hierarchical categories. In this book, Amit Prasad examines features of transnationality in science and technology through a study of magnetic resonance imaging research and development in the United States, Britain, and India.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xi, 219 pages).
ISBN:	9780262322065 0262322064 1306531608 9781306531603
DOI:	10.7551/mitpress/9780262026956.001.0001