Everyday engineering : an ethnography of design and innovation / edited by Dominique Vinck ; with co...
Everyday engineering : an ethnography of design and innovation / edited by Dominique Vinck ; with co...
Everyday engineering : an ethnography of design and innovation / edited by Dominique Vinck ; with contributions by Éric Blanco ... [et al.].
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Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press, c2003.
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English
French
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Physical Description
Physical content
vi, 247 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
I. Ordinary Technical Tasks and Their Complexity -- 1. Socio-Technical Complexity: Redesigning a Shielding Wall -- 2. The Nature and the Stakes of a Tool: The Genesis of a Design Aid Tool for Mechanical Engineering -- 3. Social Complexity and the Role of the Object: Installing Household Waste Contai...
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press, c2003.
Analytical title
Ingénieurs au quotidien: Ethnographie de l'activité de conception et d'innovation.
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Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
c2003.
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Summary
"Everyday Engineering was written to help future engineers understand what they are going to be doing in their everyday working lives, so that they can do their work more effectively and with a broader social vision. It will also give sociologists deeper insights into the sociotechnical world of engineering. The book consists of ethnographic studie...
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Full title
Everyday engineering : an ethnography of design and innovation / edited by Dominique Vinck ; with contributions by Éric Blanco ... [et al.].
Variant title
Ingénieurs au quotidien: Ethnographie de l'activité de conception et d'innovation.
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Notes
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Inside technology.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [239]-244.
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74VveqEdOJ83
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ISBN
0262220652 (hc. : alk. paper)
9780262220651
0262220652
9780262220651 :
0262220652 :
9780262220651 (hc. : alk. paper)
DDC
620
MMS ID
991016984359702626
