The Social Contruction of Technological Systems Book Presentation:

The Background of the Book:

The book The Social Construction of Technological Systems came about as a collaboration of sociologists, philosophers, and historians of technology.  The collaboration was done mostly in a workshop setting on the campus of Twente University of Technology in the Netherlands.  The workshop provoked so many good ideas that it was decided to publish this book on the basis of the papers and discussions produced by the attendants of the workshop.

The articles that make up the book consist of chapters by the attendants of the workshop about the sociology of technology and history of technology.