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Inventing Accuracy: A Historical Sociology of Nuclear Missile Guidance (Revised)
ISBN-13: 9780262631471
Paperback
480 Pages

Inventing Accuracy: A Historical Sociology of Nuclear Missile Guidance (Revised)

by Donald MacKenzie

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ISBN-139780262631471
ISBN-100262631474
PublisherMIT Press
Published1993-01-29
LanguageEnglish
FormatPaperback
Pages480

About This Book

"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.