ISBN:
1107589045
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1139923234
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113991149X
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9781139923231
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9781139911498
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9781107589049
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 213 pages)
Series Statement:
Canto classics
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Collins, H.M. (Harry M.), 1943- Golem at large : what you should know about technology
DDC:
303.483
Keywords:
Technology History
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Technology Social aspects
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General
;
Technology
;
Technology ; Social aspects
;
History
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
(Ii) Quantitative prediction(iii) Big forecast errors; (iv) Luck; (v) Trouble with the economy; Discussion; Postscript; 6 The science of the lambs: Chernobyl and the Cumbrian sheepfarmers; Fallout over Britain; The government sounds the 'all clear'; Radioactive lambs; The science of the lambs; The Sellafield factor; Conclusion; 7 ACTing UP: AIDS cures and lay expertise; AIDS: The 'gay plague'; PART I; A vaccine in two years?; The promise of anti-viral drugs; Clinical controlled trials and the FDA; Buyers clubs; Project Inform; The trials of AZT; Equipoise; Patients as body counts.
Abstract:
2 The naked launch: assigning blame for the Challenger explosionO-ring joints; The design and testing of the SRB joints; The hydroburst test; Similarity and difference; More testing; Make sure the thing's going to work; Testing for worst scenarios; First flight of the shuttle; 1981-1985 erosion and blow-by become accepted and expected; Going operational; Blow-by; The Challenger launch decision; The pre-launch teleconference; Conclusion; 3 Crash!: nuclear fuel flasks and anti-misting kerosene on trial; Two crashes: a solution to technological ambivalence?; Experiments and demonstrations.
Abstract:
Cover; Halftitle; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction: the technological golem; 1 A clean kill?: the role of Patriot in the Gulf War; The Gulf War; War, science, and technology; Was Patriot a success?; What everyone agrees about Patriot; Criteria of success; The indirect criteria of success; Sales, anti-tactical missiles, and Star Wars; The local political role of Patriot; Death and destruction; The direct criteria of success; Interception and diversion; Dudding and damaging; Reaching toward the laboratory.
Abstract:
Redefining the doctor-patient relationshipCommunity-based trials; PART II; ACT UP; Talking good science; Activists start to win allies; The expertness of lay expertise; Teaching old dogs new tricks; Conclusion: the golem goes to work; Promises delivered; Conclusion; References and Further Reading; Index.
Abstract:
The authors demonstrate that the imperfections in technology are related to the uncertainties in science described in the first volume
Abstract:
The crashes reanalysedThe train crash revisited; The plane crash revisited; Imagining what might have been done; Conclusion; 4 The world according to Gold: disputes about the origins of oil; Gold's world; Who is Gold?; Which came first, the fossil or the fuel?; Abiogenic evidence?; A crucial oil well?; Give us a gusher; 5 Tidings of comfort and joy: Seven Wise Men and the science of economics; What is a macroeconomic model made of?; The Seven Wise Men and their ideas; Why do macroeconometric models survive?; (i) Underlying structure versus the behaviour of the economy.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Originally published: 1998
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English
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