Standards
Download or Read eBook Standards PDF written by Lawrence Busch and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Lawrence Busch |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 403 |
Release | : 2011 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780262016384 |
ISBN-13 | : 0262016389 |
Rating | : 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Standards by : Lawrence Busch
Book excerpt: This book investigates standards as the recipes that shape not only the physical world, but human social interactions. The author outlines the history of formal standards and describes how modern science came to be associated with the moral-technical project of standardization of both people and things. The author also explores how standards are intimately connected to power, empowering some but disempowering others.