Johnson Hitting the Brakes

Engineering Design and the Production of Knowledge
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9104-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 226 Seiten

Reihe: e-Duke books scholarly collection

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Johnson, Ann

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Unternehmensgeschichte, Einzelne Branchen und Unternehmer

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Ann Johnson is Assistant Professor of History at the University of South Carolina.