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Stealing Fire The Atomic Bomb As Symbolic Body

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  • ISBN-13: 9780962926105
  • ISBN: 0962926108
  • Publisher: Borderland North Media

AUTHOR

Reynolds, Peter C., Aitken, Erica

SUMMARY

STEALING FIRE will make you reflect on the intimate relationship between high technology & the image of the human body. Reynolds, an anthropologist who has worked in Silicon Valley, argues that high technology is organized by a constellation of myths, similar to those found in so-called primitive societies. He also shows that high-tech inventions are projections of a culturally constructed body image, called the symbolic body. The symbolic body sets the agenda for scientific research, determines the tools & techniques developed by industry, & selects the therapeutic programs endorsed by biomedicine. Delving into technological development during World War II, Reynolds shows that penicillin & the nuclear chain reaction are more easily explained as projections of an androcentric symbolic body than as rational applications of scientific theory. This book will interest readers in gender studies, conservation, social science, nuclear disarmament, industrialdevelopment, & the history of science.Reynolds, Peter C. is the author of 'Stealing Fire The Atomic Bomb As Symbolic Body' with ISBN 9780962926105 and ISBN 0962926108.

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