Donald MacKenzie

Donald MacKenzie is Professor of Sociology (Personal Chair) at the University of Edinburgh. His books include Inventing Accuracy (1990), Knowing Machines (1996), and Mechanizing Proof (2001), all published by the MIT Press. Portions of An Engine, not a Camera won the Viviana A. Zelizer Prize in economic sociology from the American Sociological Association.

		An Engine, Not a Camera How Financial Models Shape Markets Donald MacKenzie Paper / September 2008 A pioneering work in the social studies of finance describes how the emergence of modern finance theory has affected financial markets in fundamental ways—as an engine that shapes them rather than a camera that reproduces their every detail. Price $23.00 | ADD TO CART
		An Engine, Not a Camera How Financial Models Shape Markets Donald MacKenzie Cloth / May 2006 A pioneering work in the social studies of finance describes how the emergence of modern finance theory has affected financial markets in fundamental ways—as an engine that shapes them rather than a camera that reproduces their every detail. Price $43.00 | ADD TO CART
		Mechanizing Proof Computing, Risk, and Trust Donald MacKenzie Paper / March 2004 A sociological approach to the history of proof, as applied to and performed by computer systems. Price $31.00 | ADD TO CART
		Mechanizing Proof Computing, Risk, and Trust Donald MacKenzie Cloth / October 2001 A sociological approach to the history of proof, as applied to and performed by computer systems. OUT OF PRINT
		Knowing Machines Essays on Technical Change Donald MacKenzie Paper / July 1998 Price $30.00 | ADD TO CART
		Knowing Machines Essays on Technical Change Donald MacKenzie Cloth / January 1996 OUT OF PRINT
		Inventing Accuracy A Historical Sociology of Nuclear Missile Guidance Donald MacKenzie Paper / January 1993 Donald MacKenzie follows one line of technology - strategic ballistic missile guidance through a succession of weapons systems to reveal the workings of a world that is neither awesome nor unstoppable. Price $43.00 | ADD TO CART
		Inventing Accuracy A Historical Sociology of Nuclear Missile Guidance Donald MacKenzie Cloth / December 1990 Among books on the arms race, Donald MacKenzie's stands out for its welcome demystification of the "black box" of nuclear weapons technology. OUT OF PRINT