The Social Construction of Technological Systems: New Directions in the Sociology and History of TechnologyWiebe E. Bijker, Thomas Parke Hughes, Trevor J. Pinch, Trevor Pinch MIT Press, 1989 - 405 páginas Frontmatter Preface General Introduction 1 Common Themes in Sociological and Historical Studies of Technology Introduction The Social Construction of Facts and Artifacts: Or How the Sociology of Science and the Sociology of Technology Might Benefit Each Other The Evolutions of Large Technological Systems Society in the Making: The Study of Technology as a Tool for Sociological Analysis 2 Simplifying the Complexity Introduction Technology and Heterogeneous Engineering: The Case of Portuguese Expansion The Nelson-Winter-Dosi Model and Synthetic Dye Chemistry The Social Construction of Bakelite: Toward a Theory of Invention 3 Strategic Research Sites Introduction Missile Accuracy: A Case Study in the Social Processes of Technological Change The Social Locus of Technological Practice Regulatory Science and the Social Management of Trust in Medicine The Consumption Juncion: A Proposal for Research Strategies in the Sociology of Technology Seeing with Sound: A Study of the Development of Medical Images 4 Technology and Beyond Introduction Reconstructing Man and Machine: A Note on Sociological Crtiques of cognitiveism Expert Systems and the Science of Knowledge References Contributors Name Index Subject Index. |
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Or How the Sociology of Science and the Sociology of Technology Might Benefit Each Other | 17 |
The Evolution of Large Technological Systems | 51 |
The Study of Technology as a Tool for Sociological Analysis | 83 |
Introduction | 107 |
The Case of Portuguese Expansion | 111 |
The Nelson WinterDost Model and Synthetic Dye Chemistry | 135 |
Toward a Theory of Invention | 159 |
Introduction | 191 |
A Proposal for Research Strategies in the Sociology of Technology | 261 |
A Study of the Development of Medical Images | 281 |
Introduction | 307 |
A Note on Sociological Critiques of Cognitivism | 311 |
Expert Systems and the Science of Knowledge | 329 |
References | 349 |
Contributors | 373 |
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A Case Study in the Social Processes of Technological Change | 195 |
Community System or Organization? | 223 |
Regulatory Science and the Social Management of Trust in Medicine | 243 |
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