Andrew Pickering (born 1948) is a British sociologist, philosopher and historian of science at the University of Exeter.

In elucidating some of the sociological factors prevailing in particle physics, Pickering also wrote a number of papers for journals and conferences.

[6] He authored The mangle of practice: Time, agency and science (University of Chicago Press, 1995), where he develops a performative conception of scientific practice, focusing on non-human agency and strongly contributing to the posthumanist trend of Science and Technology Studies.

Pickering considers Cybernetics as a type of nomad science that, instead of seeking to dominate reality as its modern counterpart (thus leading to processes of enframing, following Heidegger) rather develops an ontological theatre between humans and non-humans.

In this book, Pickering explores projects that intertwine, for instance, technology, psychiatry, spirituality, education and, of course, brain sciences.