Knowing machines : essays on technical change / Donald MacKenzie.
Knowing machines : essays on technical change / Donald MacKenzie.
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1996.
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N306.46/25
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English
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viii, 338 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
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 Elz...
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1996.
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Massachusetts
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c1996.
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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.
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...
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Knowing machines : essays on technical change / Donald MacKenzie.
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Inside technology.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c1996.
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N306.46/25
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0262631881 (pbk.)
9780262133159 (hc : alk. paper)
0262133156 (hc : alk. paper)
9780262631884 (pbk.)
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306.46
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991003489979702626
