Forces of Production Noble shows how the system of "numerical control," perfected at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and put into general industrial use, was chosen over competing. Noble challenges the idea that technology has a life of its own.
| TITLE | : | Forces of Production |
| AUTHOR | : | |
| RATING | : | 4.76 (782 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 0394512626 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Hardcover |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 427 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 1984-07-12 |
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Focusing on the design and implementation of computer-based automatic machine tools, David F. Noble challenges the idea that technology has a life of its own. Technology has been both a convenient scapegoat and a universal solution, serving to disarm critics, divert attention, depoliticize debate, and dismiss discussion of the fundamental antagonisms and inequalities that continue to beset America. This provocative study of the postwar automation of the American metal-working industry—the heart of a modern industrial economy—explains how dominant institutions like the great corporations, the universities, and the military, along with the ideology of modern engineering shape, the development of technology.Noble shows how the system of "numerical control," perfected at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and put into general industrial use, was chosen over competing
EDITORIAL :
“Provides a new generation of readers access to this important critique of blind adoption of “improvements” and the deeper cultural and economic implications of technology.”
—Book News Inc.
REVIEW :
I immediately downloaded the book, 41D-Man of Valor on my Kindle Fire.
I enjoyed the book very much. However, there is one more word that adds to the description: Tribute. The treatment of Lewis, in contrast, is encouraging, entertaining, enlightening, and the exposition of his theology is very convincing. Lisa’s autobiographical narrative blends in with her memoirs.
Randy Simmons was a SWAT officer in the Los Angeles Police Department. Lewis to be without peer. David Noble dared to break ranks and suggest that maybe all was not right with machine tool automation. From his origins in a Greek immigrant family in Nebraska, to becoming a billionaire with the success of The Blackstone Group, Peterson has never lost his ethical and moral bearings. Simmons ends the book with the aftermath of Randy’s death, and her quest to live a “new normal.” Although L
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