Contents
Preface and Ackowledgments
Introduction
Part I. The Theoretical Framework
1. On the Idea of Peripheral Zones in Science
2. Division of Cognative Labor at the Periphery
3. Trading Zones in Peripheral Science
4. Risks and Hopes in a Peripheral Practice
Part II. Four Case Studies in Peripheral Science
5. Birth of a New Statistics
6. A Theory About the Spectra of the Sun
7. Discovering Light of a Different Color
8. The Madras Triple Helix
Epilogue. Final Reflections
Notes
Bibliography
Index