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Knowing Machines: Essays on Technical Change by Donald A MacKenzie (Hardcover, 1996)

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Ranging from broad inquiries into the roles of economics and sociology in the explanation of technolgical change to an argument for the possibility of uninventing nuclear weapons, this selection of Donald MacKenzie's essays provides an introduction to the style and the substance of the sociology of technology. The essays are tied together by their exploration of connections (primarily among technology, society and knowledge) and by their general focus on modern high technology. They also share an emphasis on the complexity of technological formation and fixation and on the role of belief (especially self-validating belief) in technological change. Two of the articles won major prizes on their original journal publication, and all but one date from 1991 or later. A substantial new introduction outlines the common themes underlying this body of work and places it in the context of recent debates in technology studies. Two conceptual essays are followed by seven empirical essays focusing on the laser gyroscopes that are central to modern aricraft navigation technology, supercomputers (with a particular emphasis on their use in the design of nuclear weapons), the application of mathematical proof in the design of computer systems, computer-related accidental deaths, and the nature of the knowledge that is needed to design a nuclear bomb.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
ISBN-13
9780262133159
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96264518

Product Key Features

Book Title
Knowing Machines: Essays on Technical Change
Author
Donald a Mackenzie
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
1996
Number of Pages
350 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
235mm
Item Width
157mm
Item Weight
658g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Donald a Mackenzie
Series Title
Inside Technology
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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