Examines scientific discoveries and developments within their historic context, showing how social trends and events influenced science and how scientific developments changed people's lives.
Looks at scientific and technological advances in the field of gene therapy, as well as its impact on society and how future developments may play out.
From shopping and banking to accessing media and communicating with others, looks at how the Internet has changed society as well as some of the changes on the horizon, while covering such topics as p
Looks at scientific and technological advances in the field of renewable energy, as well as its impact on society and how future developments may play out.
Examines scientific discoveries and developments within their historic context, showing how social trends and events influenced science and how scientific developments changed people's lives.
With scientific progress occurring at a breathtaking pace, science and technology policy has never been more important than it is today. Yet there is a very real lack of public discourse about policy
First published in 1988, Kloppenburg's (agricultural and life sciences, U. of Wisconsin-Madison) text offers a political and economic history of plant breeding and the seed industry, showing how effor
In the twenty-first century, the production and use of scientific knowledge is more regulated, commercialized, and participatory than at any other time. The stakes in understanding those changes are h
By looking at science as a social and political activity, researchers have created novel accounts of scientific practice and rationality, accounts that largely contradict the dominant ideologies of sc
Offers a new approach to a number of central issues concerning the theoretical interpretation and normative evaluation of contemporary science and technology.
Argues that the quantification of modern science evolved from the commercial bookkeeping and reckoning practices developed by merchants in the 16th and 17th centuries, and that the mechanistic view of
Baber (sociology, National U. of Singapore) investigates the complex social processes involved in the introduction and institutionalization of western science in colonial India. He examines the long h
Schumaker (philosophy, science and technology department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) examines how the terms of posture encompass all the major disciplines and investigates a variety of philosop
This book argues that the power of science as the most respected and authoritative world view is based on its superior material and organizational resources, not on its superior rationality. Fuchs app
