An edition of The whale and the reactor (1986)
The whale and the reactor
a search for limits in an age of high technology
By Langdon Winner
Publish Date
1989
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Language
eng
Pages
200
Description:
"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"--
subjects: Philosophy, Technology, Technikphilosophie, Technologie - Philosophie, Politique, Technologie, Filosofische aspecten, Aspects juridiques, Technischer Fortschritt, Philosophie, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Technology, philosophy, Technology and state, Technology, social aspects, High technology, Political aspects, Social aspects, Technology--philosophy, Technology - philosophical perspectives, T14 .w54 1986, 601