What You Should Know about Technology

The Golem at Large

Harry Collins, Trevor Pinch

164 pages, parution le 10/05/2002

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Résumé

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.

Contents

Introduction: the technological golem
1. A clean kill?: the role of Patriot in the gulf war
2. The naked launch: assigning blame for the Challenger explosion
3. Crash!: nuclear fuel flasks and anti-misting kerosene on trial
4. The world according to gold: disputes about the origins of oil
5. Tidings of comfort and joy: seven wise men and the science of economics
6. The science of the lambs: Chernobyl and the Cumbrian sheep farmers
7. Acting up: AIDS cures and lay expertise
Conclusion: the golem goes to world

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Harry Collins, Trevor Pinch
Parution	10/05/2002
Nb. de pages	164
Format	14 x 21,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	214g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521012706
ISBN13	978-0-521-01270-6