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Profile of Donald MacKenzie
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Donald MacKenzie |
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17th April 1879 |
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Edinburgh, Scotland |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Donald A. MacKenzie is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. His work constitutes a crucial contribution to the field of Science and Technology Studies. He has also developed research in the field of Social Studies of Finance. He has undertaken widely-cited work on the history of statistics, eugenics, nuclear weapons and computing, among other things.
Books
- Donald A. MacKenzie, Mechanizing proof: computing, risk, and trust (2001)
- Knowing machines: essays on technical change (1996)
- Inventing accuracy: a historical sociology of nuclear missile guidance (1990)
- — and Judy Wajcman, eds. The social shaping of technology (1985)
- Statistics in Britain, 1865–1930: the social construction of scientific knowledge (1981)
External link
- Donald MacKenzie faculty homepage at the University Edinburgh
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