Inventing Accuracy: A Historical Sociology of Nuclear Missile Guidance
- ISBN-10
- 0262631474
- ISBN-13
- 9780262631471
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 480
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993-01-29
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Author
- Donald MacKenzie
Description
"Mackenzie has achieved a masterful synthesis of engrossing narrative, imaginative concepts, historical perspective, and social concern." Donald MacKenzie follows one line of technology—strategic ballistic missile guidance through a succession of weapons systems to reveal the workings of a world that is neither awesome nor unstoppable. He uncovers the parameters, the pressures, and the politics that make up the complex social construction of an equally complex technology.
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- 1990
- 464 pages
- Paperback
- MIT Press (MA)
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