The Golem at Large: What You Should Know about Technology - Couverture rigide

Collins, Harry; Pinch, Trevor

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521551412 ISBN 13 : 9780521551410

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1998

Synopsis

Follow up volume to the very successful and widely publicised original Golem book, suitable for those interested in science, social science, technology, and history of science.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

'Of the many impressive texts that use case studies to convey 'what you should know about technology', The Golem at Large is the clearest and simplest. The authors rework existing materials with great care to produce a valuable introduction to their topic that is accessible to anyone.' Barry Barnes, Nature

'Harry Collins and trevor Pinch have followed up their book about so-so science, The Golem, with The Golem at Large: What You Should Know About Technology. What you should know is that nothing is simple once humans are involved, especially humans with points to score or reputations to lose. During the Gulf war, how useful was the Patriot missle? What did President Bush mean when he said 41 out of 42 Iraqi Scud missiles were 'intercepted'? Who do you blame for the disaster of the Challenger shuttle mission in 1986? How do you work out where oil really comes from? Why would anyone believe one economist, let alone a group of seven?' Tim Radford, The Guardian

' ... riveting.' Robert Gaitskell, The Times Higher Education Supplement

Présentation de l'éditeur

In the very successful and widely discussed first volume in the Golem series, The Golem: What You Should Know About Science, Harry Collins and Trevor Pinch likened science to the Golem, a creature from Jewish mythology, a powerful creature which, while not evil, can be dangerous because it is clumsy. In this second volume, the authors now consider the Golem of technology. In a series of case studies they demonstrate that the imperfections in technology are related to the uncertainties in science described in the first volume. The case studies cover the role of the Patriot anti-missile missile in the Gulf War, the Challenger space shuttle explosion, tests of nuclear fuel flasks and of anti-misting kerosene as a fuel for airplanes, economic modeling, the question of the origins of oil, analysis of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and the contribution of lay expertise to the analysis of treatments for AIDS.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521551412
• ISBN 13: 9780521551410
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 175
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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