In search of space: Fourier spectroscopy, 1950-1970

In the large grey area between science and technology, specialisms emerge with associated specialists. But some specialisms remain ‘peripheral sciences,’ never attaining the status of ‘disciplines’ ensconced in universities, and their specialists do not become recognized ‘professionals.’1 A major social component of such side-lined sciences — one important grouping of technoscientific workers — is the ‘research-technology community’ (e.g. Shinn 1997).2 An important question concerning research-technology is to explain how the grouping survives without specialized disciplinary and professional affiliations. The case to be discussed below illustrates the dynamics of one such community.

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