Whale and the Reactor - A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology, Second Edition

Informationen zum Autor Langdon Winner is the Thomas Phelan Chair of Humanities and Social Sciences in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is the author of numerous books, including Autonomous Technology . Klappentext "Langdon Winner is the Thomas Phelan Chair of Humanities and Social Sciences in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. He has a blog and tweets liberally. First published in 1986, The Whale and the Reactor has been assigned for years. This edition includes a passionately argued new chapter entitled Beyond Techno-narcissism as well as a new Preface and a postscript describing the now planned decommissioning of the Diablo Canyon reactor in California"--

Product details

• Authors: Langdon Winner, Winner Langdon
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9780226692548
• ISBN: 978-0-226-69254-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 227 mm x 14 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SCIENCE / Physics / Nuclear, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, Nuclear physics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies