Hitting the brakes
Subtitle: engineering design and the production of knowledge
By: Ann Johnson.
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780822345268; 9780822345411
Subjects: Automobiles -- Antilock brake systems; Automobiles -- Design and construction; Automobiles -- Technological innovations; Technological innovations -- Social aspects; Knowledge management
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Design and the knowledge community; title: Genealogy of knowledge communities and their artifacts; title: The British Road Research Laboratory : constructing the questions; title: The track and the lab : brake testing from dynamometers to simulations; title: From things back to ideas : constructing theories of vehicle dynamics; title: Learning from failure : antilock systems emerge in the United States; title: Eines ist sicher! Successful antilock systems in West Germany; title: Public proprietary knowledge? Knowledge communities between the private and public sectors; title: ABS and risk compensation.