The Social Construction of Technological Systems

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The Social Construction of Technological Systems is written by Wiebe E. Bijker and published by MIT Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0262521377 (ISBN 10) and 9780262521376 (ISBN 13).

"The impact of technology on society is clear and unmistakeable. The influence of society on technology is more subtle. The 13 essays in this book have been written by a diverse group of scholars united by a common interest in creating a new field - the sociology of technology. They draw on a wide array of case studies - from cooking stoves to missile systems, from 15th-century Portugal to today's Al labs - to outline an original research program based on a synthesis of ideas from the social studies of science and the history of technology. Together they affirm the need for a study of technology that gives equal weight to technical, social, economic, and political questions"--Back cover.