Summary of The Whale and the Reactor by Langdon Winner (pp. ix-39‚ 99-200). Winner states implicitly that he wishes to add his book to a surprisingly short list of works that can be characterized as "philosophy of technology" (which includes Marx and Heidegger). His book will deal primarily with the political and social aspects of this philosophy‚ pertinent since as he notes the world is changing because of tech.‚ no longer comprised of national entities--a global economy‚ etc. In this context
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According to Langdon Winner‚ “Our society needs to establish forms and limits for a technological change that derive from a positively articulated idea of what society ought to be. (p.52)” With this powerful thought‚ Winner has presented an alternate route to evaluate the ethics of technology and practice of engineering. It is important that individuals develop technology that is compatible with the kind of society they want to build (p.52). Thus‚ it is significant to scrutinize three constituents
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DO ARTIFACTS HAVE POLITICS? [from Winner‚ L. (1986). The whale and the reactor: a search for limits in an age of high technology. Chicago‚ University of Chicago Press‚ 19-39.] No idea is more provocative in controversies about technology and society than the notion that technical things have political qualities. At issue is the claim that the machines‚ structures‚ and systems of modern material culture can be accurately judged not only for their contributions to efficiency and productivity and their
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Martelli 1 Brent Martelli Mr. Heenan US Government period 2 24 September 2010 John Langdon: New Hampshire Who is John Langdon? John Langdon was one of the two first senators of the state of New Hampshire. Early on in his political life‚ Langdon was a supporter always of the Revolutionary War and then later served in the Continental Congress. After serving in Congress‚ Langdon turned a different direction and became governor of New Hampshire. He could have run for vice president of the
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References: Wankat‚ P.‚ Equilibrium Staged Separation Processes‚ Prentice Hall‚ Upper Saddle River‚ NJ‚ (1988) Harriot‚ P.‚ Chemical reactor design‚ Marcel Dekker‚ Incorporated‚ USA (2002). Nexant ChemSystems Reports‚ Maleic anhydride process evaluation (2005). Yang‚ W-C.‚ Handbook of fluidization and fluid particle systems‚ Marcel Dekker‚ USA (2003). Articles from www.scrib.com/maleic
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The book takes place in the United States‚ then later‚ Paris. The two main characters Silas & Robert Langdon‚ have two different stories then meet later on in the book. The story starts off with Jacques Sauniere‚ who is a museummueseum curator‚ running away from Silas who is looking for the Holy Grail. After Silas finds out about the information‚ he leaves Sauniere to die after shooting him. After Silas leaves to escape Sauniere realizes that he can’t let this information die with him‚ so he sets
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Whale rider The movie is about Pai‚ a 12 year old who is the only living child in the line of the tribe’s chiefly succession because of the death of her twin brother and mother during childbirth. The leader is usually a male‚ and because pai is a female‚ her grandfather‚ koro is unhappy about her birth. As pai grows up‚ she finds that living with her grandfather is not easy‚ because even though he formed sort of an affectionate bond with her ; carrying her to school every day on his bicycle‚ he
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Throughout chapter 60‚ Ishmael describes the whale-line and how it’s set up. The rope is connected to the harpoon at one end and dangles free at the other so it can be tied at the boat lines. With how long the rope is‚ it is larger than the actual volume of the whaleboat and the sailors need to be cautious of not trying to be caught on the line. When a whale is caught by the harpoon there is line being flung every which way over the boat. If the sailor actually does get caught then his body could
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DOE-HDBK-1019/1-93 JANUARY 1993 DOE FUNDAMENTALS HANDBOOK NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND REACTOR THEORY Volume 1 of 2 U.S. Department of Energy Washington‚ D.C. 20585 FSC-6910 Distribution Statement A. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. This document has been reproduced directly from the best available copy. Available to DOE and DOE contractors from the Office of Scientific and Technical Information. P.O. Box 62‚ Oak Ridge‚ TN 37831. Available to the public from the National
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