{"product_id":"9798765121863","title":"Laboratory","description":"\u003ch3\u003eObject Lessons\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eLaboratory\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEmily York | Ian Bogost | Christopher Schaberg\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Semiotics \u0026amp; Theory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe laboratory stands as a powerful symbol in the public imagination: it is place for bodily dissections and monstrous creations, technological innovation and corporate secrecy, governments working in the public interest or government out of bounds, scientists as geniuses and saviors and evildoers, learning spaces from the 9th grade biology lab to the San Francisco Exploratorium, and more.  But what actually happens in a laboratory, why does it have such fraught connections to our hopes and fears, and how does a laboratory relate to the 'real world'?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuintessentially associated with the scientific revolution, the laboratory came to be a space to study 'facts' as natural phenomena, isolated and separated from emotions and biases.  Yet the laboratory is also intertwined with the messy ambiguity of the world and embodies the power and privilege of resources, expertise, and innovation.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaboratory \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the contemporary laboratory and its relation to a host of existential concerns about science, technology, and the environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEmily York\u003c\/b\u003e is an Associate Professor in the School of Integrated Sciences at James Madison University in Virginia, United States, where she teaches courses in holistic problem solving and in the social, ethical, and legal dimensions of science and technology. She has served as an Associate Editor for \u003ci\u003eEngaging Science, Technology, and Society.\u003c\/i\u003e Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eNanoEthics, Configurations, Journal of Responsible Innovation, Engineering Studies, Journal of Integrated Global STEM, Teaching Ethics, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eScience and Engineering Ethics.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29 October 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798765121863\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e168\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5.92\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51669716697228,"sku":"9798765121863","price":13.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_0e493924-d273-44db-8743-0d227dd4f206.jpg?v=1785203648","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9798765121863","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}