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.
Inventing Accuracy: A Historical Sociology of Nuclear Missile Guidance (Inside Technology)
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Author(s)Donald Mackenzie
PublisherThe MIT Press
ISBN / ASIN0262631474
ISBN-139780262631471
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Sales Rank291,614
CategoryHistory
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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