Harry Collins

The Golem at Large: What You Should Know about Technology

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In this second volume in the Golem series, the authors 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. Studies include 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 airplane fuel, analysis of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and the contribution of lay expertise to the analysis of treatments for AIDS.

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Pinch, Trevor / Collins, H. M.

ISBN: 978-0-521-01270-6
EAN: 9780521012706
Produktnummer: 9672833
Verlag: Cambridge
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
Seitenangabe: 176 S.
Masse: H21.3 cm x B13.7 cm x D1.0 cm 249 g
Gewicht: 249

Über den Autor

Harry Collins is Distinguished Research Professor in Sociology and Director of the Centre for the Study of Knowledge, Expertise and Science (KES) at Cardiff University. His book, with Trevor Pinch, The Golem: What You Should Know About Science (Cambridge University Press, 1993) won the 1995 Robert Merton Prize of the American Sociological Association. He is the 1997 recipient of the J. D. Bernal Award of the Society for Social Studies of Science. Trevor Pinch is current Professor in the Department of Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University. His book, with Harry Collins, The Golem: What You Should Know About Science (Cambridge University Press, 1993) won the Merton Prize of the American Sociological Association.