Bibliograph

Hitting the brakes, engineering design and the production of knowledge, Ann Johnson

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Hitting the brakes, engineering design and the production of knowledge, Ann Johnson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hitting the brakes

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Responsibility statement

Ann Johnson

Sub title

engineering design and the production of knowledge

Table Of Contents

Design and the knowledge community -- Genealogy of knowledge communities and their artifacts -- The British Road Research Laboratory : constructing the questions -- The track and the lab : brake testing from dynamometers to simulations -- From things back to ideas : constructing theories of vehicle dynamics -- Learning from failure : antilock systems emerge in the United States -- Eines ist sicher! Successful antilock systems in West Germany -- Public proprietary knowledge? Knowledge communities between the private and public sectors -- ABS and risk compensation

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