Golem at Large What You Should Know about Technology

Name: Golem at Large What You Should Know about Technology
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ISBN: 9781107688285

ISBN-10: 1107688280

ISBN-13: 9781107688285

Edition: 2014

Authors: Harry Collins, Trevor Pinch

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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 explosion, tests of nuclear fuel flasks and of…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/15/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.39" wide x 8.46" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.726
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.