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    The Golem at Large : What You Should Know about Technology (2002)
    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
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    ISBN: 9780521012706 , 9781139148078
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (177 p.)
    Series Statement: Canto
    Parallel Title: Print version The Golem at Large : What You Should Know about Technology
    DDC: 303.483
    Keywords: Social aspects ; Social aspects ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In this follow up to their earlier book, The Golem: What You Should Know About Science, the authors now consider the Golem of technology. Using the same successful format, in a series of case studies they demonstrate that the imperfections in technology are related to the uncertainties in sciences
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; 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 sheepfarmers; 7 ACTing UP: AIDS cures and lay expertise
    Description / Table of Contents: Conclusion: the golem goes to workReferences and further reading; Index;
    Note: Description based upon print version of record
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
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    The Golem at large : what you should know about technology (2002)
    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
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    ISBN: 051106523X , 9780511065231 , 9780511541353 , 051154135X
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (xi, 163 p.) , ill.
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Canto
    Parallel Title: Print version Golem at large
    DDC: 303.483
    Keywords: Technology History ; Technology Social aspects ; Technology History ; Technology Social aspects ; Technology Social aspects ; Technology History ; SCIENCE ; Philosophy & Social Aspects ; 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 , Originally published: 1998
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