Aramis, or, The love of technology / Bruno Latour ; translated by Catherine Porter.

By:

Latour, Bruno

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996.Description: x, 314 pISBN:

0674043235 (paperback : alk. paper)

Other title:

Aramis
Love of technology

Uniform titles:

Aramis.

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

388.4/0944/361

Contents:

1.An exciting innovation-- 2.Is Aramis feasible-- 3.Shilly shallying in the seventies-- 4.Interphase three year of grace -- 5.The 1984 decision : aramis exists for real -- 6.Aramis at the CET stage will it keep its promises -- 7.Aramis is ready to go

Summary: A guided-transportation system intended for Paris, Aramis represented a major advance in personal rapid transit: it combined the efficiency of a subway with the flexibility of an automobile. But in the end, its electronic couplings proved too complex and expensive, the political will failed, and the project died in 1987. The story of Aramis is told by several different parties, none of which take precedence over any other: a young engineer and his professor, who act as detective to ferret out the reasons for the project's failure; company executives and elected officials; a sociologist; and finally Aramis itself, who delivers a passionate plea: technological innovation has needs and desires, especially a desire to be born, but cannot live without the sustained commitment of those who have created it.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Library, SPAB G-1	Non Fiction	388.40944361 LAT-A (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		007114

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1.An exciting innovation--
2.Is Aramis feasible--
3.Shilly shallying in the seventies--
4.Interphase three year of grace --
5.The 1984 decision : aramis exists for real --
6.Aramis at the CET stage will it keep its promises --
7.Aramis is ready to go

A guided-transportation system intended for Paris, Aramis represented a major advance in personal rapid transit: it combined the efficiency of a subway with the flexibility of an automobile. But in the end, its electronic couplings proved too complex and expensive, the political will failed, and the project died in 1987. The story of Aramis is told by several different parties, none of which take precedence over any other: a young engineer and his professor, who act as detective to ferret out the reasons for the project's failure; company executives and elected officials; a sociologist; and finally Aramis itself, who delivers a passionate plea: technological innovation has needs and desires, especially a desire to be born, but cannot live without the sustained commitment of those who have created it.

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