Shaping Science by Janet Vertesi - 9780226829555

Shaping ScienceOrganizations, Decisions, and Culture on NASA's Teams\nAuthor(s): Janet Vertesi\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of Chicago Press, United States\nImprint: University of Chicago Press\nISBN-13: 9780226829555, 978-0226829555\nSynopsis\nDrawing on a decade of immersive ethnography with NASAs robotic spacecraft teams to create a comparative account of two great space missions of the early 2000s, Janet Vertesi uncovers how the social organization of a scientific team affects their scientific practices and results.\n\n In Shaping Science, Janet Vertesi draws on a decade of immersive ethnography with NASAs robotic spacecraft teams to create a comparative account of two great space missions of the early 2000s. Although these missions featured robotic explorers on the frontiers of the solar system bravely investigating new worlds, their commands were issued from millions of miles away by a very human team. By examining the two teams formal structures, decision-maki.