The Golem at Large: What You Should Know about Technology
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 expl…
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Weitere Autoren: Pinch, Trevor
- ISBN: 978-1-107-68828-5
- EAN: 9781107688285
- Produktnummer: 15993208
- Verlag: Cambridge
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B13.6 cm x D1.5 cm 333 g
- Gewicht: 333
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