Donald MacKenzie (sociologist) explained
Honorific Prefix: | Professor |
Donald MacKenzie |
Birth Name: | Donald Angus MacKenzie |
Birth Date: | 1950 5, df=yes |
Alma Mater: | The University of Edinburgh |
Main Interests: | Social studies of technology |
Awards: | 1993 Robert K. Merton Award of the American Sociological Association |
Donald Angus MacKenzie (born 3 May 1950[1]) is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. His work constitutes a crucial contribution to the field of science and technology studies. He has also developed research in the field of social studies of finance. He has undertaken widely cited work on the history of statistics, eugenics, nuclear weapons, computing and finance, among other things.
In 1978 he earned a PhD from the University of Edinburgh for his thesis on the development of statistical theory in Britain.[2]
In August 2006, MacKenzie was awarded the Chancellor's Award from Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, for his contributions to the field of science and technology studies. He is also the winner of the 1993 Robert K. Merton Award of the American Sociological Association and the 2005 John Desmond Bernal Prize of the Society for Social Studies of Science among many others.
Books
- Book: MacKenzie, Donald . Statistics in Britain, 1865-1930: The Social Construction of Scientific Knowledge . . Edinburgh . 1981 . 9780852243695 .
- Book: MacKenzie . Donald . Wajcman . Judy . Judy Wajcman . The Social Shaping of Technology: How the Refrigerator Got Its Hum . Open University Press . Milton Keynes Philadelphia . 1985 . 9780335150267 .
- Book: MacKenzie . Donald . Donald Angus MacKenzie . 1990-12-13 . Inventing Accuracy: A Historical Sociology of Nuclear Missile Guidance . live . en . 1st . . 978-0262132589 . 90005915 . 1068009953 . OL1854178M . https://web.archive.org/web/20191122195156/https://books.google.com/books?id=QymEXZIWEe8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:9780262631471&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi7qIjUyv7lAhVKJt8KHU5tBPkQ6AEwAHoECAAQAg . 2019-11-22 . 2019-11-22 . 1990_MacKenzie . dmy-all.
- Book: MacKenzie, Donald . Knowing Machines: Essays on Technical Change . . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 1998 . 9780262631884 .
- Book: MacKenzie, Donald . Mechanizing Proof: Computing, Risk, and Trust . . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 2001 . 9780585436739 .
- Book: MacKenzie, Donald . An Engine, Not a Camera: How Financial Models Shape Markets . . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 2006 . 9781423774488 .
- Book: MacKenzie . Donald . Muniesa . Fabian . Siu . Lucia . Do Economists Make Markets?: On the Performativity of Economics . . Princeton . 2007 . 9780691138497 .
- Book: MacKenzie, Donald . Material Markets: How Economic Agents are Constructed . . Oxford New York . 2009 . 9780199278152 .
- Book: MacKenzie, Donald . Trading at the Speed of Light: How Ultrafast Algorithms Are Transforming Financial Markets . Princeton University Press . 2021 . 9780691211381 .
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: MacKenzie, Donald A. . Library of Congress . 13 February 2015 . data view p. (b. 03/05/1950) .
- MacKenzie . Donald . 1978 . The development of statistical theory in Britain, 1865-1925: a historical and sociological perspective . en.