ISBN:
051106523X
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9780511065231
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9780511541353
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051154135X
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xi, 163 p.)
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ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Canto
Parallel Title:
Print version Golem at large
DDC:
303.483
Keywords:
Technology History
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Technology Social aspects
;
Technology History
;
Technology Social aspects
;
Technology Social aspects
;
Technology History
;
SCIENCE ; Philosophy & Social Aspects
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Social Aspects
;
Technology
;
Technology ; Social aspects
;
History
;
Electronic books History
Abstract:
A clean kill? : the role of Patriot in the Gulf War -- The naked launch : assigning blame for the Challenger explosion -- Crash! : nuclear fuel flasks and anti-misting kerosene on trial -- The world according to gold : disputes about the origins of oil -- Tidings of comfort and joy : seven wise men and the science of economics -- The science of the lambs : Chernobyl and the Cumbrian sheep farmers -- ACTing up : AIDS cures and lay expertise -- Conclusion : the golem goes to work
Description / Table of Contents:
A clean kill? : the role of Patriot in the Gulf WarThe naked launch : assigning blame for the Challenger explosion -- Crash! : nuclear fuel flasks and anti-misting kerosene on trial -- The world according to gold : disputes about the origins of oil -- Tidings of comfort and joy : seven wise men and the science of economics -- The science of the lambs : Chernobyl and the Cumbrian sheep farmers -- ACTing up : AIDS cures and lay expertise -- Conclusion : the golem goes to work.
Note:
Originally published: 1998. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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Originally published: 1998
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