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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prasad, Amit, author.

Series:

Inside technology.

Inside Technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Magnetic resonance imaging--History.

Magnetic resonance imaging.

Medical innovations.

Magnetic resonance imaging--United States.

Magnetic resonance imaging--Great Britain.

Magnetic resonance imaging--India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 "Invention" of MRI: Priority Dispute, Contested Identities, and Authorship Regime; 2 Translating a Dream into Reality: Birth of MRI and Genesis of a "Big Science"; 3 Marketing Medicine's "Sports Car": The United States Becomes the "Center"; 4 Recovering "Peripheral" History: Genealogy of MRI Research in India; 5 Three Cultures of MRI: Local Practices and Global Designs; Conclusion: Looking Back/Moving Forward; Notes; References; Index; Inside Technology Series

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780262322072

0262322072

9780262322065

0262322064

OCLC:

877868391