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1、SystematicsasCyberscienceInsideTechnologyeditedbyWiebeE.Bijker,W.BernardCarlson,andTrevorPinchAlistofbooksintheseriesappearsonp.293.SystematicsasCyberscienceComputers,Change,andContinuityinScienceChristineHineTheMITPressCambridge,MassachusettsLondon,England©2008MassachusettsInst
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4、ineHine.p.cm.—(Insidetechnologyseries)Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.ISBN978-0-262-08371-3(hardcover:alk.paper)1.Biology—Classification—Dataprocessing.2.Informationstorageandretrievalsystems—Biology.I.Title.QH83.H562008578.01'2—dc22200701894410987654321ForDennisJohnHin
5、e,1926–2007ContentsAcknowledgmentsix1IntroducingtheStudyofaCyberscience12Science,ICTs,andtheImaginingofChange193ComputersandthePoliticsofSystematics634BehindtheScenesandAcrosstheGlobe:VirtualizingtheMaterialCultureofSystematics995CommunicationandDisciplinarity1496Individuals,Ins
6、titutions,Initiatives1877Conclusion:SociallyMeaningfulCyberscience241Appendix:MessagesSenttotheTaxacomListAskingforInput263Notes267References269SeriesList293Index297AcknowledgmentsThisprojectbeganwaybackintheearly1990sattheUniversityofYork,whenaDPhilthatwasintendedtofocusondatab
7、asesforbiologicalnomenclatureturnedintoaprojectfocusingonamuchwiderscopeofquestions,concerningthewaythatbiologiststhinkabouttaxonomy.Iamextremelygratefulforthosewhoatthetimesupportedthatshiftinfocusandenabledmetobroadenmyhorizons.SpecialthanksareduetoMichaelUsher,toMichaelDaddan
8、dGeorginaMackenzieofBIOSIS,toFrankBisby,andtoBo