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The Golem at Large:What You Should Know about Technology (Canto Classics) '14
Collins, Harry,
Pinch, Trevor
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発行年月 |
2014年05月 |
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出版国 |
アメリカ合衆国 |
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言語 |
英語 |
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媒体 |
冊子 |
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装丁 |
paper |
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ページ数/巻数 |
256 p., 12 b/w illus. |
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ジャンル |
洋書/理工学/自然科学一般/自然科学一般 |
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ISBN |
9781107688285 |
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商品コード |
1015058216 |
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本の性格 |
学術書 |
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新刊案内掲載月 |
2014年03月 |
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商品URL
| https://kw.maruzen.co.jp/ims/itemDetail.html?itmCd=1015058216 |
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内容
In the very successful and widely discussed first volume in the Golem series, The Golem: What You Should Know about Science, Harry Collins and Trevor Pinch likened science to the Golem, a creature from Jewish mythology, a powerful creature which, while not evil, can be dangerous because it is clumsy. In this second volume, the authors now consider the Golem of technology. In a series of case studies they demonstrate that the imperfections in technology are related to the uncertainties in science described in the first volume. The case studies cover the role of the Patriot anti-missile missile in the Gulf War, the Challenger space shuttle explosion, tests of nuclear fuel flasks and of anti-misting kerosene as a fuel for airplanes, economic modeling, the question of the origins of oil, analysis of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and the contribution of lay expertise to the analysis of treatments for AIDS.