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Golem at Large What You Should Know about Technology

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ISBN-10: 0521012708

ISBN-13: 9780521012706

Edition: 2002

Authors: Harry M. Collins, Trevor Pinch

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Using the same format as their previous volume, the authors demonstrate, in a series of case studies, that the imperfections in technology are related to the uncertainties in science described in their first volume.
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Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/2/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.54" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Harry Collins is the Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology and director of the Centre for the Study of Knowledge, Expertise, and Science at Cardiff University, and a fellow of the British Academy.

Preface and acknowledgements
Introduction: the technological golem
A clean kill?: the role of Patriot in the Gulf War
The naked launch: assigning blame for the Challenger explosion
Crash!: nuclear fuel flasks and anti-misting kerosene on trial
The world according to Gold: disputes about the origins of oil
Tidings of comfort and joy: Seven Wise Men and the science of economics
The science of the lambs: Chernobyl and the Cumbrian sheepfarmers
ACTing UP: AIDS cures and lay expertise
Conclusion: the golem goes to work
References and further reading
Index