Ann Johnson

Hitting the Brakes: Engineering Design and the Production of Knowledge

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Looks at the development of a particular engineering design, anti-lock braking systems for passenger cars, in order to consider how knowledge and cultures of knowledge are constructed.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 345g
• ISBN-13: 9780822345411
• ISBN-10: 0822345412
• Artikelnr.: 26497660

Autorenporträt

Ann Johnson

Inhaltsangabe

Preface ix
Acknowledgments xv
1. Design and the Knowledge Community 1
2. A Genealogy of Knowledge Communities and Their Artifacts 23
3. The British Road Research Laboratory: Constructing the Questions 37
4. The Track and the Lab: Brake Testing from Dynamometers to Simulations 63
5. From Things Back to Ideas: Constructing Theories of Vehicle Dynamics 85
6. Learning from Failure: Antilock Systems Emerge in the United States 103
7. Eines ist sicher! Successful Antilock Systems in West Germany 117
8. Public Proprietary Knowledge? Knowledge Communities between the Public
and Private Sectors 137
Epilogue. ABS and Risk Compensation 157
Notes 167
Bibliography 187
Index 201