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Hitting the brakes : engineering design and the production of knowledge / Ann Johnson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, Ann, 1965-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- e-Duke books scholarly collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Automobiles--Antilock brake systems.
- Automobiles.
- Automobiles--Design and construction.
- Automobiles--Technological innovations.
- Technological innovations--Social aspects.
- Technological innovations.
- Knowledge management.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (228 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Design and the knowledge community
- Genealogy of knowledge communities and their artifacts
- The British Road Research Laboratory : constructing the questions
- The track and the lab : brake testing from dynamometers to simulations
- From things back to ideas : constructing theories of vehicle dynamics
- Learning from failure : antilock systems emerge in the United States
- Eines ist sicher! Successful antilock systems in West Germany
- Public proprietary knowledge? Knowledge communities between the private and public sectors
- ABS and risk compensation.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613035868
- 9781283035866
- 1283035863
- 9780822391043
- 082239104X
- OCLC:
- 492380536
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