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Egyptian Myth and LegendISBN 0548113068 (0-548-11306-8)
Hardcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Elves and HeroesISBN 1406545694 (1-4065-4569-4)
Softcover, Dodo Press
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An Engine, Not a Camera: How Financial Models Shape MarketsISBN 0262134608 (0-262-13460-8)
Hardcover, Mit Pr
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Folk Tales from RussiaISBN 0781806968 (0-7818-0696-8)
Hardcover, Hippocrene Books
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Indian Myth and LegendISBN 0548053685 (0-548-05368-5)
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Inventing Accuracy: A Historical Sociology of Nuclear Missile GuidanceISBN 0262631474 (0-262-63147-4)
Softcover, Mit Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Inventing Accuracy: A Historical Sociology of Nuclear Missile Guidance'Book summary:Among books on the arms race, Donald MacKenzie's stands out for its welcome demystification of the "black box" of nuclear weapons technology. MacKenzie follows one line of technology - strategic ballistic missile guidance - through a succession of weapons systems to reveal the ordinary 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.MacKenzie argues that it is wrong to assume that missile accuracy (or any other technological artifact) is a natural or inevitable consequence of technological change. By fostering an understanding of how the idea of accuracy was constructed and by uncovering the comprehensible and often mundane processes that have given rise to a frightening nuclear arsenal, he shows that there can be useful and informed intervention in the social processes of weapons construction. He also shows in what sense it is possible, contrary to the common wisdom, to "uninvent" technologies.Examining the technological politics of the transition from bomber to ballistic missile, MacKenzie describes the processes that transformed both air force and navy ballistic missiles from moderately accurate countercity weapons to highly accurate counterforce ones. He concludes that neither the United States nor the Soviet Union has ever accepted the idea of deterrence as the public understands it.Inventing Accuracy is based on 140 interviews with guidance and navigation technologists, navy and air force military officers, and defense officials Robert McNamara, James Schlesinger, McGeorge Bundy, and John Foster. It brings to light the confluence of forces, both physical and social, that gave rise to a selfcontained system of missile navigation, and it discusses the major U.S. groups involved in the early development of inertial guidance and navigation.Donald MacKenzie has published a number of influential articles on statistics, eugenics, and missile technologies. He is Reader in Sociology at the University of Edinburgh.
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Mechanizing Proof: Computing, Risk, and TrustISBN 0262133938 (0-262-13393-8)
Hardcover, Mit Pr
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Most aspects of our private and social livesour safety, the integrity of the financial system, the functioning of utilities and other services, and national securitynow depend on computing. But how can we know that this computing is trustworthy? In Mechanizing Proof, Donald MacKenzie addresses this key issue by investigating the interrelations of computing, risk, and mathematical proof over the last half century from the perspectives of history and sociology. His discussion draws on the technical literature of computer science and artificial intelligence and on extensive interviews with participants.
MacKenzie argues that our culture now contains two ideals of proof: proof as traditionally conducted by human mathematicians, and formal, mechanized proof. He describes the systems constructed by those committed to the latter ideal and the many questions those systems raise about the nature of proof. He looks at the primary social influence on the development of automated proofthe need to predict the behavior of the computer systems upon which human life and security dependand explores the involvement of powerful organizations such as the National Security Agency. He concludes that in mechanizing proof, and in pursuing dependable computer systems, we do not obviate the need for trust in our collective human judgment. [via]More editions of Mechanizing Proof: Computing, Risk, and Trust:
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The Migration of Symbols: And Their Relations to Belief and CustomsISBN 0766146383 (0-7661-4638-3)
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Mythology of the Babylonian Peopleby Donald A. MackenzieISBN 0091851459 (0-09-185145-9)
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Myths and Legends of Pre-Columbian Americaby Donald A. MackenzieISBN 0091851416 (0-09-185141-6)
Hardcover, Random House
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Myths of Babylonia and Assyriaby Donald A. MackenzieISBN 1406545708 (1-4065-4570-8)
Softcover, Dodo Press
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Myths of China and Japanby Donald A. MackenzieISBN 0517101637 (0-517-10163-7)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Myths of Crete and Pre-Hellenic Europeby Donald A. MackenzieISBN 0893410357 (0-89341-035-7)
Hardcover, Hollowbrook Pub
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Myths of Pre-Columbian Americaby Donald A. MackenzieISBN 0486293793 (0-486-29379-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Scottish Fairy Talesby Donald A. MackenzieISBN 0486299007 (0-486-29900-7)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Scottish Wonder Tales from Myth and Legendby Donald A. MackenzieISBN 0486296776 (0-486-29677-6)
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The Social Shaping of Technologyby Donald A. MackenzieISBN 0335199135 (0-335-19913-5)
Softcover, Open Univ Pr
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Statistics in Britain, 1865-1930: The Social Construction of Scientific Knowledgeby Donald A. MackenzieISBN 0852243693 (0-85224-369-3)
Hardcover, Edinburgh Univ Pr
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