On Adaptive Optics: The Historical Constitution of Architectures for Expert Perception in Astronomy

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dc.citation.firstpage203en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber1en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleSpontaneous Generationsen_US
dc.citation.lastpage224en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber6en_US
dc.contributor.authorLowrie, Ianen_US
dc.contributor.publisherThe University of Torontoen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-03T18:52:40Zen_US
dc.date.available2013-04-03T18:52:40Zen_US
dc.date.issued2012en_US
dc.description.abstractThis article charts the development of the modern astronomical observational system. I am interested most acutely in the digitization of this system in general, and in the introduction of adaptive optics in particular. I argue that these features have been critical in establishing the modern observatory as a factory for scientific data, rather than as a center of calculation in its own right. Throughout, the theoretical focus is on the nature of technological evolution in the observational system, understood as inextricably bound up with both the system-internal drive to surpass the limits imposed upon the distributed cognition of the researcher and the boundary at which empirical objects resolve themselves into technical objects. In short, this article explores the historically constituted character of expert astronomical perception, arguing that it is impossible to understand without constant reference to its material substrate.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationLowrie, Ian. "On Adaptive Optics: The Historical Constitution of Architectures for Expert Perception in Astronomy." <i>Spontaneous Generations,</i> 6, no. 1 (2012) 203-224. http://dx.doi.org/10.4245/sponge.v6i1.16133.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.4245/sponge.v6i1.16133en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/70912en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.subject.keywordastronomyen_US
dc.subject.keywordadaptive opticsen_US
dc.subject.keywordhistory of scienceen_US
dc.subject.keywordscience and technology studiesen_US
dc.subject.keywordexpertiseen_US
dc.subject.keywordexperimental systemsen_US
dc.subject.keyworddistributed cognitionen_US
dc.subject.keywordmaterialismen_US
dc.subject.keywordphilosophy of scienceen_US
dc.titleOn Adaptive Optics: The Historical Constitution of Architectures for Expert Perception in Astronomyen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
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