Inventing Accuracy: A Historical Sociology of Nuclear Missile Guidance (Inside Technology)
Mackenzie, Donald
ISBN 10: 0262631474 ISBN 13: 9780262631471
Published by The MIT Press, 1993
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"Mackenzie has achieved a masterful synthesis of engrossing narrative, imaginative concepts, historical perspective, and social concern."Thomas P. Hughes, Mellon Professor of the History and Sociology of Science, The University of Pennsylvania
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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Title: Inventing Accuracy: A Historical Sociology ...
Publisher: The MIT Press
Publication Date: 1993
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good