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Inventing Accuracy : A Historical Sociology of Nuclear Missile Guidance
Overview
"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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- ISBN-13: 9780262631471
- ISBN-10: 0262631474
- Publisher: MIT Press
- Publish Date: January 1993
- Dimensions: 8.91 x 5.99 x 1.05 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.68 pounds
- Page Count: 480
- Reading Level: Ages 18-UP
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