Inventing Accuracy

A Historical Sociology of Nuclear Missile Guidance

By:

Donald MacKenzie

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Inside Technology

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"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.

Author Biography:

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.

Release date Australia

January 29th, 1993

Author

Donald MacKenzie

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Pages

480

Series

Inside Technology

Dimensions

152x229x22

ISBN-13

9780262631471

Product ID

6295923

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