{"product_id":"accounting-and-science-natural-inquiry-and-commercial-reason-paperback-9780521556996","title":"Accounting and Science; Natural Inquiry and Commercial Reason (Paperback) 9780521556996","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAccounting and Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNatural Inquiry and Commercial Reason\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA truly interdisciplinary examination of the economics of science and the relationship between science and accounting.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Power (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521556996, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 28 June 1996\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages, 3 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.459 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn recent years policy makers and scientists have become increasingly interested in the economics of science, and in particular in the relationship between accounting and science. This book, originally published as a special issue of the journal Science in Context , provides a truly interdisciplinary approach to this subject. The contributors explore, in a number of different ways, the constitutive role that practices of economic calculation play in the conduct of science and the forms of economic life within which science is embedded. Challenging conventional views, they suggest that if scientific and accounting practices are to be properly understood, they must be studied in relation to a complex background of specialist communities, funding institutions and demands for public accountability. This book will be invaluable for scholars and policy makers working in the field.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword: The flat-earthers of social theory Bruno Latour\u003cbr\u003e 1. From the science of accounts to the financial accountability of science Michael Power\u003cbr\u003e 2. Making things quantitative Theodore M. Porter\u003cbr\u003e 3. Natural and artificial budgets: accounting for Goethe's economy of nature Myles W. Jackson\u003cbr\u003e 4. A calculating profession: Victorian actuaries among the statisticians Timothy L. Alborn\u003cbr\u003e 5. The factory as laboratory Peter Miller and Ted O'Leary\u003cbr\u003e 6. Connecting science to the economic: accounting calculation and the visibility of research and development Keith Robson\u003cbr\u003e 7. Governing science: patents and public sector science Brad Sherman\u003cbr\u003e 8. On customers and costs: a story from public sector science John Law and Madeleine Akrich\u003cbr\u003e 9. A visible hand in the marketplace of ideas: precision measurement as arbitrage Philip Mirowski\u003cbr\u003e 10. Towards a philosophy of science accounting: a critical rendering of instrumental rationality Steve Fuller\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Science funding \u0026amp; policy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Science funding \u0026amp; policy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Science%20funding%20\u0026amp;%20policy%20%5BPDK%5D%22\"\u003ePDK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005470658840,"sku":"9780521556996","price":30.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521556996i_a99166e6-c583-4bff-ad4a-0a6144eac43f.jpg?v=1691369634","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/accounting-and-science-natural-inquiry-and-commercial-reason-paperback-9780521556996","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}