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

Winner, Langdon

 
9780226692548: The Whale and the Reactor: A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology, Second Edition
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ISBN 10: 022669254X ISBN 13: 9780226692548
Editorial: University of Chicago Press, 2020

Sinopsis

“In an age in which the inexhaustible power of scientific technology makes all things possible, it remains to be seen where we will draw the line, where we will be able to say, here are possibilities that wisdom suggest we avoid.”

First published to great acclaim in 1988, Langdon Winner’s groundbreaking exploration of the political, social, and philosophical implications of technology is timelier than ever. He demonstrates that choices about the kinds of technical systems we build and use are actually choices about who we want to be and what kind of world we want to create—technical decisions are political decisions, and they involve profound choices about power, liberty, order, and justice. A seminal text in the history and philosophy of science, this new edition includes a new chapter, preface, and postscript by the author.

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Acerca del 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.

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Editorial
University of Chicago Press
Año de publicación
2020
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
022669254X
ISBN 13 
9780226692548
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Número de edición
2
Número de páginas
242
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