| Inventing Accuracy: A Historical Sociology of Nuclear Missile Guidance Revised Edition Contributor(s): MacKenzie, Donald (Author) |
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ISBN: 0262631474 ISBN-13: 9780262631471 Publisher: MIT Press OUR PRICE: $69.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1993 Annotation: Donald MacKenzie follows one line of technology - strategic ballistic missile guidance through a succession of weapons systems to reveal the workings of a world that is neither awesome nor unstoppable. He uncovers the parameters, the pressures, and the politics that make up the complex social construction of an equally complex technology. Donald MacKenzie is Reader in Sociology at the University of Edinburgh. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Security (national & International) - Technology & Engineering | Military Science - History | Military - Nuclear Warfare |
| Dewey: 358.174 |
| Series: Inside Technology |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 5.99" W x 8.91" (1.68 lbs) 480 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Mackenzie has achieved a masterful synthesis of engrossing narrative, imaginative concepts, historical perspective, and social concern. Donald MacKenzie follows one line of technology--strategic ballistic missile guidance through a succession of weapons systems to reveal the workings of a world that is neither awesome nor unstoppable. He uncovers the parameters, the pressures, and the politics that make up the complex social construction of an equally complex technology. |
Contributor Bio(s): MacKenzie, Donald: - Donald MacKenzie is Professor of Sociology (Personal Chair) at the University of Edinburgh. His books include Inventing Accuracy (1990), Knowing Machines (1996), and Mechanizing Proof (2001), all published by the MIT Press. Portions of An Engine, not a Camera won the Viviana A. Zelizer Prize in economic sociology from the American Sociological Association. |