Trevor Pinch
Encyclopedia
Trevor J. Pinch is a sociologist and former chair of the Science and Technology Studies
department at Cornell University
.
Pinch has a degree in Physics
from the Imperial College London
and a PhD in Sociology
from the University of Bath
. He taught sociology at the University of York
before moving to the USA.
Together with Wiebe Bijker
he started the movement known as Social Construction of Technology
(SCOT) within the sociology of science.
He is a significant contributor to the study of Sound culture
, and his books include a major study of Robert Moog
.
Trevor Pinch's book, Confronting Nature is widely considered the definitive sociological account of the history of the solar neutrino problem, and was mentioned by Raymond Davis in his 2002 Nobel Prize acceptance speechhttp://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2002/davis-lecture.html
Science and technology studies
Science, technology and society is the study of how social, political, and cultural values affect scientific research and technological innovation, and how these, in turn, affect society, politics and culture...
department at Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
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Pinch has a degree in Physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
from the Imperial College London
Imperial College London
Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...
and a PhD in Sociology
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
from the University of Bath
University of Bath
The University of Bath is a campus university located in Bath, United Kingdom. It received its Royal Charter in 1966....
. He taught sociology at the University of York
University of York
The University of York , is an academic institution located in the city of York, England. Established in 1963, the campus university has expanded to more than thirty departments and centres, covering a wide range of subjects...
before moving to the USA.
Together with Wiebe Bijker
Wiebe Bijker
Wiebe E. Bijker is a Dutch professor, chair of the Department of Social Science and Technology at Maastricht University in the Netherlands....
he started the movement known as Social Construction of Technology
Social construction of technology
Social construction of technology is a theory within the field of Science and Technology Studies. Advocates of SCOT -- that is, social constructivists -- argue that technology does not determine human action, but that rather, human action shapes technology...
(SCOT) within the sociology of science.
He is a significant contributor to the study of Sound culture
Sound culture
SoundCulture is also an international organisation of artists, theorists and performers with a common interest to promote and develop the sonic arts....
, and his books include a major study of Robert Moog
Robert Moog
Robert Arthur Moog , commonly called Bob Moog was an American pioneer of electronic music, best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer.-Life:...
.
Trevor Pinch's book, Confronting Nature is widely considered the definitive sociological account of the history of the solar neutrino problem, and was mentioned by Raymond Davis in his 2002 Nobel Prize acceptance speechhttp://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2002/davis-lecture.html
Works
- Bijker, W. E., Hughes, T. P., & Pinch, T. J. (Eds.). (1989 (1987)). The Social Construction of Technological Systems: New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press.
- Collins, H. M., & Pinch, T. J. (1993). The Golem: What You Should Know about Science. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
- Collins, H. M., & Pinch, T. J. (1998). The Golem at Large: What You Should Know about Technology. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
- Kline, R., & Pinch, T. J. (1996). Taking the Black Box off its Wheels: The Social Construction of the Automobile in Rural America. Technology and Culture, 37, 776 - 795.
- Kline, R., & Pinch, T. J. (1999 (1985)). The Social Construction of Technology. In D. MacKenzie & J. Wajcman (Eds.), The Social Shaping of Technology (2nd ed., pp. 113 - 115). Buckingham: Open University Press.
- Pinch, T. J. (1996). The Social Construction of Technology: a Review. In R. Fox (Ed.), Technological Change; Methods and Themes in the History of Technology (pp. 17 - 35). Amsterdam: Harwood Academic Publishers.
- Pinch, T. J. (2001). Why Do You go to a Piano Store to Buy a Synthesizer: Path Dependence and the Social Construction of Technology. In R. Garud & P. Karnøe (Eds.), Path Dependence and Creation (pp. 381 - 399). Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates Publishers.
- Pinch, T. J., Ashmore, M., & Mulkay, M. (1992). Technology, Testing, Text: Clinical Budgeting in the U.K. National Health Service. In W. E. Bijker & J. Law (Eds.), Shaping technology/building society: studies in sociotechnical change (pp. 265 - 289). Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press.
- Pinch, T. J., & Bijker, W. E. (1984). The Social Construction of Facts and Artefacts: or How the Sociology of Science and the Sociology of Technology might Benefit Each Other. Social Studies of Science, 14, 388 - 441.
- Pinch, T. J., & Bijker, W. E. (1986). Science, Relativism and the New Sociology of Technology: Reply to Russell. Social Studies of Science, 16, 347 - 260.
- Pinch, T. J., & Bijker, W. E. (1989 (1987)). The Social Construction of Facts and Artifacts: Or How the Sociology of Science and the Sociology of Technology Might Benefit Each Other. In W. E. Bijker, T. P. Hughes & T. J. Pinch (Eds.), The Social Construction of Technological Systems: New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology (pp. 17 - 50). Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press.
- Pinch, T. J., & Trocco, Frank (2002). Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog SynthesizerMoog synthesizerMoog synthesizer may refer to any number of analog synthesizers designed by Dr. Robert Moog or manufactured by Moog Music, and is commonly used as a generic term for older-generation analog music synthesizers. The Moog company pioneered the commercial manufacture of modular voltage-controlled...
. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. hardcover: ISBN 0-674-00889-8, 2004 paperback: ISBN 0-674-01617-3