List of Figures - List of Tables - Acknowledgements - PART 1 INTRODUCTION - Introduction: How to Study the Force of Science; M. Callon J. Law and A. Rip - PART 2 THE POWER OF TEXTS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - The Sociology of an Actor-Network: The Case of the Electric Vehicle; M. Callon - Laboratories and Texts; J. Law - Writing Science: Fact and Fiction: The Analysis of the Process of Reality Construction through the Application of Socio-Semiotic Methods to Scientific Texts; B. Latour and F. Bastide - The Heterogeneity of Texts; J. Law - Mobilising Resources through Texts; A. Rip - PART 3 MAPPING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Qualitative Scientometrics; M. Callon A. Rip and J. Law - Aquaculture: A Field by Bureaucratic Fiat; S. Bauin - State Intervention in Academic and Industrial Research: The Case of Macromolecular Chemistry in France; W. Turner and M. Callon - Pinpointing Industrial Invention: An Exploration of Quantitative Methods for the Analysis of Patents; M. Callon - Technical Issues and Developments in Methodology; J-P. Courtial - Future Developments; M. Callon J-P. Courtial and W. Turner - PART 4 CONCLUSIONS - Putting Texts in their Place; M. Callon J. Law and A. Rip - Glossary - Bibliography - Index. Language: English