An edition of The whale and the reactor (1986)

The Whale and the Reactor

A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology

by Langdon Winner

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An edition of The whale and the reactor (1986)

The Whale and the Reactor

A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology

"Langdon Winner is the Thomas Phelan Chair of Humanities and Social Sciences in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. He has a blog and tweets liberally. First published in 1986, The Whale and the Reactor has been assigned for years. This edition includes a passionately argued new chapter entitled Beyond Techno-narcissism as well as a new Preface and a postscript describing the now planned decommissioning of the Diablo Canyon reactor in California"--

Publish Date

January 15, 1988

Publisher

University Of Chicago Press

Language

English

Pages

214

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