Cybernetics is often thought of as a grim military or industrial science of control. This title follows the history of cybernetics' impact on the world, from contemporary robotics and complexity theory to the Chilean economy under...

Preface 1: The Mangle of Practice 2: Machines: Building the Bubble Chamber 3: Facts: The Hunting of the Quark 4: Concepts: Constructing Quaternions 5: Technology: Numerically Controlled Machine Tools 6: Living in the Material World 7:...

„Science as Practice and Culture“ von Andrew Pickering ist eine Sammlung von Essays, die sich mit der sozialen und kulturellen Dimension wissenschaftlicher Praktiken auseinandersetzen. Das Buch betont, dass Wissenschaft nicht nur als...