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008			950714s1996 mauab 000 0 eng
020			_a0674043235 (paperback : alk. paper)
041	1		_aeng
082	0	0	_a388.4/0944/361
100	1		_aLatour, Bruno. _938157
240	1	0	_aAramis.
245	1	0	_aAramis, or, The love of technology / _cBruno Latour ; translated by Catherine Porter.
246	3	0	_aAramis
246	3	0	_aLove of technology
260			_aCambridge, Mass. : _bHarvard University Press, _c1996.
300			_ax, 314 p. :
505			_a1.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
520			_a 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.
650		0	_aLocal transit _zFrance _zParis Metropolitan Area. _938158
650		0	_aPersonal rapid transit _zFrance _zParis Metropolitan Area. _938159
942			_cBK