Science and Technology, Shaping the Twenty-first Century
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Page : 156 pages
File Size : 39,22 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Government publications
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Page : 156 pages
File Size : 39,22 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Government publications
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Page : 141 pages
File Size : 32,13 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Science and state
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Author : United States Government Printing Office
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Page : 147 pages
File Size : 23,8 MB
Release : 1997-04
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ISBN : 9780160618703
Author : David H. Guston
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 20,60 MB
Release : 2007-02-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0299219135
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-making, and government involvement in science remains shrouded in both mystery and misunderstanding. Who is making choices about technology policy, and who stands to win or lose from these choices? What criteria are being used to make decisions and why? Does government involvement help or hinder scientific research? Shaping Science and Technology Policy brings together an exciting and diverse group of emerging scholars, both practitioners and academic experts, to investigate current issues in science and technology policy. Essays explore such topics as globalization, the shifting boundary between public and private, informed consent in human participation in scientific research, intellectual property and university science, and the distribution of the costs and benefits of research. Contributors: Charlotte Augst, Grant Black, Mark Brown, Kevin Elliott, Patrick Feng, Pamela M. Franklin, Carolyn Gideon, Tené N. Hamilton, Brian A. Jackson, Shobita Parthasarathy, Jason W. Patton, A. Abigail Payne, Bhaven Sampat, Christian Sandvig, Sheryl Winston Smith, Michael Whong-Barr
Author : Susan Greenfield
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 34,41 MB
Release : 2004-09-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0141926082
The book is an exploration of how this century is going to change not just the way we think, but also what we actually think with - our own individual minds. How will new technologies transform the way we see the world? At the beginning of the twenty-first century, we may be standing on the brink of a mind make-over far more cataclysmic than anything that has happened before. As we appreciate the dynamism and sensitivity of our brain circuitry, so the prospect of directly tampering with the essence of our individuality becomes a possibility.
Author : Blayne Haggart
Publisher : Springer
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 15,2 MB
Release : 2019-06-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3030145409
This book explores the interconnected ways in which the control of knowledge has become central to the exercise of political, economic, and social power. Building on the work of International Political Economy scholar Susan Strange, this multidisciplinary volume features experts from political science, anthropology, law, criminology, women’s and gender studies, and Science and Technology Studies, who consider how the control of knowledge is shaping our everyday lives. From “weaponised copyright” as a censorship tool, to the battle over control of the internet’s “guts,” to the effects of state surveillance at the Mexico–U.S. border, this book offers a coherent way to understand the nature of power in the twenty-first century.
Author : Oecd
Publisher : Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 32,67 MB
Release : 2019-05-27
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ISBN : 9789264697553
Author : United States. Office of Science and Technology Policy
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Page : 156 pages
File Size : 21,26 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Federal aid to research
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Author : Deborah G. Johnson
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 853 pages
File Size : 15,54 MB
Release : 2008-10-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0262303388
An anthology of writings by thinkers ranging from Freeman Dyson to Bruno Latour that focuses on the interconnections of technology, society, and values and how these may affect the future. Technological change does not happen in a vacuum; decisions about which technologies to develop, fund, market, and use engage ideas about values as well as calculations of costs and benefits. This anthology focuses on the interconnections of technology, society, and values. It offers writings by authorities as varied as Freeman Dyson, Laurence Lessig, Bruno Latour, and Judy Wajcman that will introduce readers to recent thinking about technology and provide them with conceptual tools, a theoretical framework, and knowledge to help understand how technology shapes society and how society shapes technology. It offers readers a new perspective on such current issues as globalization, the balance between security and privacy, environmental justice, and poverty in the developing world. The careful ordering of the selections and the editors' introductions give Technology and Society a coherence and flow that is unusual in anthologies. The book is suitable for use in undergraduate courses in STS and other disciplines. The selections begin with predictions of the future that range from forecasts of technological utopia to cautionary tales. These are followed by writings that explore the complexity of sociotechnical systems, presenting a picture of how technology and society work in step, shaping and being shaped by one another. Finally, the book goes back to considerations of the future, discussing twenty-first-century challenges that include nanotechnology, the role of citizens in technological decisions, and the technologies of human enhancement.
Author : National Science Board (U.S.). Task Force on the Environment
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Page : 96 pages
File Size : 12,51 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Environmental engineering
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