Physicists on physics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4097763 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tony Becher (University of Sussex, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-20 |
| Publication date | 1990-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03075079012331377561 |
| OpenAlex | W2076286162 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 2 |
This paper offers an ethnographic account of the community of academic physicists. It seeks, on the basis of interviews with key informants, to construct a picture of what physics is like as a discipline; what features of its epistemology serve to differentiate it from other disciplines; and what characterises the disciplinary community itself, in terms of its career structure, value-system and preferred modes of communication. In conclusion, an attempt is made to identify the physicist's world-view
Discipline · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Ethnography · Higher education · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Computer Science · Engineering · Philosophy · Science and Science Education
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,34 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2022 (26) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |