Rethinking science, technology, and social change / Ralph Schroeder.
Rethinking science, technology, and social change / Ralph Schroeder.
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Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007.
Date
2007.
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N303.483/ 278
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English
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viii, 179 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Why rethinking? -- The social organization of scientific and technological advance -- Big science and large technological systems -- Science, technology, and economic change -- The mediation of politics as a large technological system -- The consumption of technology in everyday life -- Who's afraid...
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Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007.
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California
Date Published
2007.
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"Rethinking Science, Technology, and Social Change challenges the prevailing notion that science and technology are constructed or socially shaped. The text puts forth a case for technological determinism, based on a realistic and pragmatic account of science and technology, informed by historical comparisons. Schroeder begins by exploring the soci...
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Rethinking science, technology, and social change / Ralph Schroeder.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Other version (online)
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N303.483/ 278
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74VK32ql2o83
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ISBN
9780804755887 (cloth : alk. paper)
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303.483
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991023635729702626
