Inventing Accuracy - (Inside Technology) by Donald MacKenzie (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Mackenzie has achieved a masterful synthesis of engrossing narrative, imaginative concepts, historical perspective, and social concern.<b>Thomas P. Hughes</b>, Mellon Professor of the History and Sociology of Science, The University of Pennsylvania<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Mackenzie has achieved a masterful synthesis of engrossing narrative, imaginative concepts, historical perspective, and social concern.</b><p>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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>Inventing Accuracy</i> is a brilliant achievement that will, if we are fortunate, change widespread misunderstandings about technological innovation. The strength of this book lies not only in its extremely clear and nuanced theoretical statements, but also in its rich historical narrative. This book should be of great interest to a diverse audience. It also provides a creative, if extremely demanding, model for future scholarship on technology and national security.--<b>Lynn Eden</b>, <i>Survival</i>--<br><p>This is a great piece of sociology and a great book.... gripping, superbly researched, fair, sympathetic, and ultimately, hopeful.</p>--<b>Steven Shapin</b>, <i>American Journal of Sociology</i>--<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Donald MacKenzie is Professor of Sociology (Personal Chair) at the University of Edinburgh. His books include <i>Inventing Accuracy</i> (1990), <i>Knowing Machines</i> (1996), and <i>Mechanizing Proof</i> (2001), all published by the MIT Press. <i>Portions of An Engine, not a Camera</i> won the Viviana A. Zelizer Prize in economic sociology from the American Sociological Association.</p>
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