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The golem at large : what you should know about technology / Harry Collins, Trevor Pinch.

By:

Collins, H. M. (Harry M.), 1943- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Pinch, T. J. (Trevor J.) [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998Description: xi, 163 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0521551412
9780521551410

Subject(s):

Technology -- Social aspects -- Case studies

DDC classification:

303.483 21

LOC classification:

T14.5 .C645 1998

Contents:

Introduction: the technological golem -- 1. A clean kill?: the role of Patriot in the gulf war -- 2. The naked launch: assigning blame for the Challenger explosion -- 3. Crash!: nuclear fuel flasks and anti-misting kerosene on trial -- 4. The world according to gold: disputes about the origins of oil -- 5. Tidings of comfort and joy: seven wise men and the science of economics -- 6. The science of the lambs: Chernobyl and the Cumbrian sheep farmers -- 7. Acting up: AIDS cures and lay expertise -- Conclusion: the golem goes to work.

Summary: Through a series of case studies, the authors demonstrate that the imperfections in technology are related to the uncertainties in science which they discussed in The Golem: what you should know about science.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-158) and index.

Through a series of case studies, the authors demonstrate that the imperfections in technology are related to the uncertainties in science which they discussed in The Golem: what you should know about science.

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