Donald MacKenzie
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Donald A. MacKenzie is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. His work constitutes a crucial contribution to the field of Science and Technology Studies. He has also developed research in the field of Social Studies of Finance. He has undertaken widely-cited work on the history of statistics, eugenics, nuclear weapons and computing, among other things.
In August, 2006, Professor MacKenzie was awarded the Chancellor's Award from HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, for his contributions to the field of Science and Technology Studies.
[edit] Books
- Mechanizing proof: computing, risk, and trust (2001)
- Knowing machines: essays on technical change (1996)
- Inventing accuracy: a historical sociology of nuclear missile guidance (1990)
- (with Judy Wajcman, eds.) The social shaping of technology (1985)
- Statistics in Britain, 1865–1930: the social construction of scientific knowledge (1981)
[edit] External links
- Donald MacKenzie faculty homepage at the University of Edinburgh
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