Books written by Trevor Pinch

Pedagogy and the Practice of Science: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

Even academic engineers who took college degrees would be trained in geometrical methods , e.g. Karl Pearson's teaching of mathematics to engineering students at University College London in the late 1880s . I thank Eileen Magnello for ...
The Golem: What You Should Know About Science

School Experience: Explorations in the Sociology of Education, London: Croom Helm Bennett, E. L. and Calvin, M. (1964) 'Failure to Train Planarians Reliably', Neurosciences Research Program Bulletin, July—August, 3-2.4 Bijker, W., ...
Dr Golem: How to Think about Medicine

he would talk about “a broken forearm”—it's very unusual for doctors to talk about a “broken forearm”; they would talk about either a Colles fracture or a Bennett's fracture or a Smith's fracture or a fracture of the radius and ulna.
Coordinating Technology: Studies in the International Standardization of Telecommunications

... Susanne K. Schmidt, Raymund Werle, Susanne K. (Vice Dean Schmidt, Universitat Bremen), Wiebe E Bijker, Professor of Science Technology and Society W Bernard Carlson, Trevor Pinch ... R. Crandall and K. Flamm . ... Binder , Michael .
人人应知的技术

本书包括:海湾战争中爱国者反弹道导弹的作用、挑战者号航天飞机爆炸的责任归属、核燃料罐以及抗薄雾航油的试验、关于石油起源所引发的争论、七位智者和经济学、切尔诺贝利 ...
Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer

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Living in a Material World: Economic Sociology Meets Science and Technology Studies

Understanding the intersection of economic sociology and science and technology studies through the idea of materiality. Although social scientists generally agree that technology plays a key role in the economy,...
The Social Construction of Technological Systems, anniversary edition: New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology

An anniversary edition of an influential book that introduced a groundbreaking approach to the study of science, technology, and society. This pioneering book, first published in 1987, launched the new field of social studies of technology.
Handbook of Science and Technology Studies

Office automation forms the basis for many of the generalizations about women's work experience. This research examines the effects of technological change both on women's employment opportunities and on their experience of work ...
Living in a Material World: Economic Sociology Meets Science and Technology Studies

This book draws on the tools of science and technology studies and economic sociology to reconceptualize the intersection of economy and technology, suggesting materiality - the idea that social existence involves not only actors and social ...
Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer

How this came to be--how an engineering student at Cornell and an avant-garde musician working out of a storefront in California set this revolution in motion--is the story told for the first time in Analog Days, a book that explores the ...
The Oxford Handbook of Sound Studies

Written by the world's leading scholars and researchers in sound studies, this handbook offers new and engaging perspectives on the significance of sound in its material and cultural forms.
The Golem at Large: What You Should Know about Technology

The authors demonstrate that the imperfections in technology are related to the uncertainties in science described in the first volume.
Dialogues Between Artistic Research and Science and Technology Studies

This edited volume maps dialogues between science and technology studies research on the arts and the emerging field of artistic research.
How Users Matter: The Co-Construction of Users and Technology

Users have become an integral part of technology studies. The essays in this volume look at the creative capacity of users to shape technology in all phases, from design to implementation.