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100	1		_aPool, Robert, _d1955- _eauthor. _9390616
245	1	0	_aBeyond engineering : _bhow society shapes technology / _cRobert Pool.
264		1	_aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c1997.
300			_axii, 358 pages ; _c25 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aThe Sloan technology series
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aHistory and momentum -- The power of ideas -- Business -- Complexity -- Choices -- Risk -- Control -- Managing the Faustian bargain -- Technical fixes, technological solutions.
520			_aEvery now and then a book comes along with the power to reshape completely how people think about a subject, to teach them to see it in a way that is novel yet simultaneously so natural that they wonder how they ever could have missed it. Beyond Engineering by Robert Pool is such a book. The traditional view of technology is that it is the product of engineers and inventors, developed in a rational fashion according to arcane scientific principles that are best left to the techo-nerds. But if you look closely enough at the history of any invention, Pool says, you will find that factors unrelated to engineering have an equal and sometimes greater power. In his wide-ranging volume, he traces developments in nuclear energy, automobiles, light bulbs, commercial electricity, and personal computers, among others, to show how historical, political, cultural, organizational, economic, and psychological factors all influence the path a technology takes. Pool demonstrates how seemingly minor decisions made early in the process of technological development can have profound consequences further down the road, and, perhaps most important, he shows how the increasing complexity of modern technology makes it qualitatively different from technology of the past. That complexity creates uncertainty, making it impossible for engineers to predict exactly how well a technology will perform or to foresee all the things that can go wrong, thus making nontechnical factors all the more important. Citing such catastrophes as Bhopal, Three Mile Island, the Exxon Valdez, the Challenger, and Chernobyl, he argues that we can no longer afford to think of technology exclusively in engineering terms but must take into account non-engineering influences as well. Whether discussing bovine growth hormone, molten-salt reactors, or baboon-to-human transplants, Beyond Engineering is an engaging look at modern technology and an illuminating account of how technology and the modern world shape each other.
588			_aMachine converted from AACR2 source record.
650		0	_aTechnology. _9324860
650		0	_aTechnological innovations _9324857
650		0	_aNuclear energy. _9321482
830		0	_aSloan technology series _9240201
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0726/96034364-b.html
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