Inventing Accuracy: A Historical Sociology of Nuclear Missile Guidance (Inside Technology) - Softcover

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MacKenzie, Donald

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9780262631471: Inventing Accuracy: A Historical Sociology of Nuclear Missile Guidance (Inside Technology)
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ISBN 10: 0262631474 ISBN 13: 9780262631471
Publisher: The MIT Press, 1993

Synopsis

"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.

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About the Author

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.

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Publisher
The MIT Press
Publication date
1993
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0262631474
ISBN 13 
9780262631471
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
480
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