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Innovation - the imaginative attempt to introduce something new or
to solve some problem - smashes routine and demands choice, even if
only the choice to retain the status quo. This collection of
fourteen essays provides a spectrum of historical perspectives on
how, when, or why, individuals, societies, governments, and
industries have made choices regarding the use of technologies.
Through historical accounts that span centuries and national
boundaries, exploring the complexity of a nuclear power plant and
the apparent simplicity of an electrical plug, the contributors to
this volume dramatically illustrate the push and pull between
technology and society. General topics addressed include:
Regulation of private industry Social acceptance of commercial
innovation Negative perceptions of the "Technological Age" Cultural
and artistic features of technology Provocative and accessible,
this collection will serve both students and faculty in history,
sociology, and public policy, as well as in history and philosophy
of science and technology. These essays were originally published
in the journal Technology and Culture
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.
Innovation - the imaginative attempt to introduce something new or
to solve some problem - smashes routine and demands choice, even if
only the choice to retain the status quo. This collection of
fourteen essays provides a spectrum of historical perspectives on
how, when, or why, individuals, societies, governments, and
industries have made choices regarding the use of technologies.
Through historical accounts that span centuries and national
boundaries, exploring the complexity of a nuclear power plant and
the apparent simplicity of an electrical plug, the contributors to
this volume dramatically illustrate the push and pull between
technology and society. General topics addressed include:
Regulation of private industry Social acceptance of commercial
innovation Negative perceptions of the "Technological Age" Cultural
and artistic features of technology Provocative and accessible,
this collection will serve both students and faculty in history,
sociology, and public policy, as well as in history and philosophy
of science and technology. These essays were originally published
in the journal Technology and Culture
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