Knowing Machines: Essays on Technical Change

by Donald Angus MacKenzie

Book Overview

Ranging from broad inquiries into the roles of economics and sociology in the explanation of technological change to an argument for the possibility of "uninventing" nuclear weapons, this selection of Donald MacKenzie's essays provides a solid introduction to the style and the substance of the sociology of technology.

The essays are tied together by their explorations of connections (primarily among technology, society, and knowledge) and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262631881
• ISBN13: 9780262631884
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Mit Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher