The essays in this volume offer a wide variety of fresh
perspectives on the assessment of quality in science and
technology. They proceed from the premise that while quantitative
measures may be useful for gross assessments, a rounded picture of
scientific activity requires qualitative measures that are
sensitive to the ethical, conceptual, social, and historical
contexts of science. Among the questions they explore are: How do
we develop such qualitative measures? Are different measures needed
for different groups involved in and affected by scientific work?
What are the constraints on quality?Overall, the book provides a
solid base on which the debate over public assessments of science
and the development of indicators of quality may
proceed.Contributors include Sissela Bok, Lewis Branscomb, Harvey
Brooks, George E. Brown, Jr., Don Fuqua, Orrin G. Hatch, Donald
Hornig, Roy MacLeod, Bruce Mazlish, Robert S. Morison, Kenneth
Prewitt, Doug Walgren, Peter Weingart, and Daniel
Yankelovich.Marcel Chotkowski La Follette is editor of the journal
Science, Technology, & Human Values, in which most of these
essays first appeared.
General
Imprint: |
MIT Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
The MIT Press |
Release date: |
October 1982 |
First published: |
1982 |
Editors: |
Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
184 |
Edition: |
New Ed |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-262-62040-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
LSN: |
0-262-62040-5 |
Barcode: |
9780262620406 |
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