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Canto Classics

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

Canto Classics

By Harry Collins, Trevor Pinch

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About the book

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...Show more

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ISBN

9781107688285

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published year

2014

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1

Original title

Canto Classics

Format

Paperback

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