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Science, Technology and the Human Prospect

Proceedings of the Edison Centennial Symposium

  • 1 Edición - 1 de enero de 1980
  • Última edición
  • Editores: Chauncey Starr, Philip C. Ritterbush
  • Idioma: Inglés

Science, Technology and the Human Prospect contains the proceedings of the Edison Centennial Symposium. Organized into three parts, this book begins with the 10 essays commissioned… Leer más

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Science, Technology and the Human Prospect contains the proceedings of the Edison Centennial Symposium. Organized into three parts, this book begins with the 10 essays commissioned from scholars and persons richly experienced in the management of technology. Part I explores the costs and benefits of technology. Part II addresses the adaption of the institutional frame of technology. The last part discusses the human needs and future of invention.

Índice


Foreword—Observing the Centennial of Light

Introduction—The Growth of Limits

Part I: Judging the Costs and Benefits of Technology

1. Phases of Creativity in Science and Technology

2. Science, Technology, and Economic Growth

3. Science and Technology in Global Development

4. Energy and Civilization

5. The Human Factor

Part II: Adapting the Institutional Frame of Technology

6. Two Kinds of Light from Science

7. Technology and Socioeconomic Innovation

8. Public Reactions to Science and Technology: the Wizard Faces Social Judgment

9. Industry and Energy: Moral Dimensions of the Tasks

10. Science, Technology, and Social Achievement

Part III: Human Needs and the Future of Invention

11. Energy

12. Technological History and Technical Problems

13. Human Population and Ecology

14. Medicine and Public Health

15. Urban Development

16. Food and Agriculture

17. Democracy and Technology

18. Communications

Index

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  • Edición: 1
  • Última edición
  • Publicado: 1 de enero de 1980
  • Idioma: Inglés