Thinkers · Technology Studies
Thomas P. Hughes (1923–2014)
- National background
- American
- 한국어
- 토머스 P. 휴스
- 中文（简体）
- 托马斯·P. 休斯
- English pronunciation
- /ˈtɑːməs piː hjuːz/TOM-uss pee HYOOZ
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Name forms & sources
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Large technological systems, electrification, and technological momentum.
Overview
Hughes studied technological change through whole systems, placing devices, engineering, and management in their cultural context. Networks of Power compares the development of electric power systems in different cultural settings. Concepts such as reverse salients and technological momentum help readers examine constraints and accumulated commitments within growing systems. His systems approach is one of the traditions represented in The Social Construction of Technological Systems.