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Andrew Pickering

Andrew Pickering (born 1948) is a British sociologist, philosopher and historian of science at the University of Exeter. He was a professor of sociology and a director of science and technology studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign until 2007. He holds a doctorate in physics from the University of London, and a doctorate in Science Studies from the University of Edinburgh. His book ''Constructing Quarks: A Sociological History of Particle Physics'' (1984) is a classic in the field of the sociology of science. Provided by Wikipedia