عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
T14.5 .M32 1996
T14
.
5
.
M32
1996
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0262133156
(Number (ISBN
9780262133159
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
dltt
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Knowing machines :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
essays on technical change /
First Statement of Responsibility
Donald MacKenzie
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
viii, 338 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Inside technology
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
1. Introduction -- 2. Marx and the Machine -- 3. Economic and Sociological Explanations of Technological change -- 4. From the Luminiferous Ether to the Boeing 757 -- 5. Nuclear Weapons Laboratories and the Development of Supercomputing -- 6. The Charismatic Engineer / Donald McKenzie and Boelie Elzen -- 7. The Fangs of the VIPER -- 8. Negotiating Arithmetic, Constructing Proof -- 9. Computer-Related Accidental Death -- 10. Tacit Knowledge and the Uninvention of Nuclear Weapons / Donald McKenzie and Graham Spinardi
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
The essays are tied together by their explorations 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
Text of Note
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 aircraft navigation technology, on supercomputers (with a particular emphasis on their use in the design of nuclear weapons), on the application of mathematical proof in the design of computer systems, on computer-related accidental deaths, and on the nature of the knowledge that is needed to design a nuclear bomb
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Technology-- Social aspects
Technology-- sociology
Sociale aspecten
Technique-- Aspect social
Technische ontwikkeling
Technologie-- Aspect social
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
306
.
4/6
Edition
20
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
T14
.
5
Book number
.
M32
1996
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
MacKenzie, Donald A
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20160712061329.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
