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"Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts" (1979) by Bruno Latour and Steve Woolgar is a foundational Science and Technology Studies (STS) text detailing an ethnographic study of laboratory work. It posits that scientific facts are socially constructed through the transformation of data via laboratory instruments and social negotiation rather than mere discovery. A full digital copy of the 1986 edition is available via WordPress (PDF) .