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The Golem at Large - What You Should Know about Technology (Paperback): Harry Collins, Trevor Pinch

The Golem at Large - What You Should Know about Technology (Paperback)

Harry Collins, Trevor Pinch

Series: Canto Classics

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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 anti-misting kerosene as a fuel for airplanes, economic modeling, the question of the origins of oil, analysis of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and the contribution of lay expertise to the analysis of treatments for AIDS.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Canto Classics
Release date: May 2014
First published: May 2014
Authors: Harry Collins • Trevor Pinch
Dimensions: 215 x 137 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-68828-5
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Impact of science & technology on society
Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Popular science
Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > General
LSN: 1-107-68828-0
Barcode: 9781107688285

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