Doctoral Dissertation Research on The History of Technology

博士论文学生，Gabrielle Hecht;题目： “技术选择与文化变革：法国核 1945年至1969年的计划。" 在休斯教授的指导下，赫克特女士正在探索 1945年至1969年法国核计划的起源。 研究 着重于气体石墨反应堆的设计和操作 构成了当时法国的核能计划 期 在研究的第一部分，赫克特女士正在追踪 政治、经济和技术议程 工程师、管理人员、公务员和政治家们， 体现在这些反应堆的设计中。 在第二部分，她 正在审查核安全法规的出现， 工作实践的社会、文化和技术背景 反应堆操作员。 第三部分也是最后一部分， 法国公众对核能的看法， 核电站影响到区域生活方式和经济。 的 研究的目的是探索相互之间的关系 技术和社会以及不同的 政治家、工程师、技术人员之间的“核文化”， 工人和当地居民。 它通过分析一个组合 采访、档案文件和出版物。 其主要 其意义在于探讨了 国家政治议程和技术变革， 分析工作安排，并在审查 技术选择与文化变革之间的关系。

Doctoral Dissertation Student, Gabrielle Hecht; topic: "Technological Choice and Cultural Change: The French Nuclear Program, 1945-69." Under the guidance of Professor Hughes, Ms. Hecht is exploring the genesis of the French nuclear program from 1945 to 1969. The study focuses on the design and operation of the gas-graphite reactors which constituted the French nuclear energy program in this time period. In the first part of the study, Ms. Hecht is tracing the ways in which the political, economic, and technological agendas of engineers, managers, public servants, and politicians became embodied in the design of these reactors. In the second part she is examining the emergence of nuclear safety regulations from the social, cultural, and technological context of the work practices of reactor operators. The third and final part explains early public perceptions of nuclear energy in France by looking at how nuclear plants affected regional lifestyles and economies. The study's aim is to explore the reciprocal relationships between technology and society as well as the emergence of different "nuclear cultures" among politicians, engineers, technicians, workers and local residents. It does so by analyzing a combination of interviews, archival documents, and publications. Its primary significance lies in its exploration of relationships between national political agendas and technological change through an analysis of the organization of work, and in its examination of relationships between technological choice and cultural change.