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Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1 “Invention” of MRI: Priority Dispute, Contested Identities, and Authorship Regime 15 2 Translating a Dream into Reality: Birth of MRI and Genesis of a “Big Science” 37 3 Marketing Medicine’s “Sports Car”: The United States Becomes the “Center” 59 4 Recovering “Peripheral” History: Genealogy of MRI Research in India 79 5 Three Cultures of MRI: Local Practices and Global Designs 99 Conclusion: Looking Back/Moving Forward 115 Notes 119 References 171 Index 197 ...

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