Inventing Accuracy

Inventing Accuracy
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Publisher : MIT Press
Total Pages : 484
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ISBN-10 : 0262631474
ISBN-13 : 9780262631471
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Book Synopsis Inventing Accuracy by : Donald MacKenzie

Download or read book Inventing Accuracy written by Donald MacKenzie and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1993-01-29 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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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