Hitting the Brakes: Engineering Design and the Production of Knowledge

by Ann Johnson

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In Hitting the Brakes, Ann Johnson illuminates the complex social, historical, and cultural dynamics of engineering design, in which knowledge communities come together to produce new products and knowledge. Using the development of antilock braking systems for passenger cars as a case study, Johnson shows that the path to invention is neither linear nor top-down, but highly complicated and unpredictable. Individuals, corporations, university...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822345412

ISBN13:9780822345411

Release Date:November 2009

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:232 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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