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The social construction of technological systems : new directions in the sociology and history of technology / / edited by Wiebe E. Bijker, Thomas P. Hughes, and Trevor Pinch ; foreword by Deborah G. Douglas



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Titolo: The social construction of technological systems : new directions in the sociology and history of technology / / edited by Wiebe E. Bijker, Thomas P. Hughes, and Trevor Pinch ; foreword by Deborah G. Douglas Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2012
Edizione: Anniversary ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (470 p.)
Disciplina: 303.48/3
Soggetto topico: Technology - Sociological aspects
Altri autori: BijkerWiebe E  
HughesThomas Parke  
PinchT. J (Trevor J.)  
DouglasDeborah G  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Preface to the Anniversary Edition; Acknowledgments; General Introduction; I Common Themes in Sociological and Historical Studies of Technology; Introduction; The Social Construction of Facts and Artifacts; The Evolution of Large Technological Systems; Society in the Making: The Study of Technology as a Tool for Sociological Analysis; II Simplifying the Complexity; Introduction; Technology and Heterogeneous Engineering: The Case of Portuguese Expansion; The Nelson-Winter-Dosi Model and Synthetic Dye Chemistry
The Social Construction of Bakelite: Toward a Theory of InventionIII Strategic Research Sites; Introduction; Missile Accuracy: A Case Study in the Social Processes of Technological Change; The Social Locus of Technological Practice: Community, System, or Organization?; Regulatory Science and the Social Management of Trust in Medicine; The Consumption Junction: A Proposal for Research Strategies in the Sociology of Technology; Seeing with Sound: A Study of the Development of Medical Images; IV Technology and Beyond; Introduction
Reconstructing Man and Machine: A Note on Sociological Critiques of CognitivismExpert Systems and the Science of Knowledge; References; Contributors; Name Index; Subject Index
Sommario/riassunto: An anniversary edition of an influential book that introduced a groundbreaking approach to the study of science, technology, and society.
Titolo autorizzato: The social construction of technological systems  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-262-30087-7
1-280-67837-2
9786613655301
0-262-30162-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910809574603321
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