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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Science and state
ISBN : LCCN:97175768
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Government publications
ISBN : PURD:32754067815591
Author : United States Government Printing Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1997-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0160618703
Author : John Grin,Armin Grunwald
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783642597022
One way to shape technology and its embedding in society in the 21st century is through the visions that guide their development, especially concerning the long-term societal perspective. A critical discussion and assessment of these visions is a prerequisite for influencing the course of development. Technology assessment, therefore, has to provide a methodological repertoire for assessing and constructing visions, taking into account the requirements for long-term orientation as well as the need for public legitimation. This volume draws upon insights from technology assessment, political sciences, epistemology, sociology and ethics. It is to contribute to the recent literature in on "shaping technology", taking into account the "co-evolution of technology and society". It connects to that technology assessment literature that emphasises TA's pro-active role and its contribution to political judgement.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1998-09-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264163539
This book reviews the extraordinary promise of technological advances over the next twenty years or so, and assesses some of the key issues -- economic, social, environmental, ethical -- that decision-makers in government, business and society will face in the decades ahead.
Author : Susan Greenfield
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2004-09-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780141926087
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 : David H. Guston,Daniel Sarewitz
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2007-02-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780299219130
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 : Roger Brownsword,Morag Goodwin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781139510523
Law and the Technologies of the Twenty-First Century provides a contextual account of the way in which law functions in a broader regulatory environment across different jurisdictions. It identifies and clearly structures the four key challenges that technology poses to regulatory efforts, distinguishing between technology as a regulatory target and tool, and guiding the reader through an emerging field that is subject to rapid change. By extensive use of examples and extracts from the texts and materials that form and shape the scholarly and public debates over technology regulation, it presents complex material in a stimulating and engaging manner. Co-authored by a leading scholar in the field with a scholar new to the area, it combines comprehensive knowledge of the field with a fresh approach. This is essential reading for students of law and technology, risk regulation, policy studies, and science and technology studies.
Author : National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Development, Security, and Cooperation,Committee on Science and Technology Capabilities at the Department of State
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780309373166
Diplomacy for the 21st Century recommends steps that the Department of State should embrace to take full advantage of the leading science and technology (S&T) capabilities of the United States. These capabilities provide the department with many opportunities to promote a variety of the interests of the United States and its allies in a rapidly changing world wherein S&T are important drivers of economic development at home and abroad and help ensure international security. This report assesses and makes recommendations concerning the changing environment for the conduct of diplomacy in the years ahead, with a focus on the role of S&T in the development and implementation of U.S. policies and programs. According to this report, prompt steps by the department's leadership are essential to ensure adequate comprehension of the importance of S&T-related developments throughout the world and to incorporate this understanding within the nation's foreign policy for the 21st century. This report also urges the adoption by the department of a broader whole-of-society approach in carrying out its responsibilities at home and abroad - extending beyond traditional interagency coordination and the narrow band of current external partners to include foundations, universities, research centers, and other groups who are extending their international reach.
Author : Deborah G. Johnson,Jameson M. Wetmore
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 853 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780262303385
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 : United States. Office of Science and Technology Policy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Federal aid to research
ISBN : UCLA:L0078502606
Author : Elisabeth Herschbach
Publisher : Referencepoint Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08
Category : Discoveries in science
ISBN : 1682826058
From the deepest reaches of outer space to the innermost secrets of the human genome, scientists have made breathtaking advances in the first few decades of the twenty-first century. Science and Technology in the Twenty-First Century examines the key discoveries and technological marvels that have changed not only our understanding of the universe, but also the ways in which we communicate every day.
Author : Blayne Haggart,Kathryn Henne,Natasha Tusikov
Publisher : Springer
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030145408
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 : James E. McClellan III,Harold Dorn
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 142141774X
Arguably the best general history of science and technology ever published. Tracing the relationship between science and technology from the dawn of civilization to the early twenty-first century, James E. McClellan III and Harold Dorn’s bestselling book argues that technology as “applied science” emerged relatively recently, as industry and governments began funding scientific research that would lead directly to new or improved technologies. McClellan and Dorn identify two great scientific traditions: the useful sciences, which societies patronized from time immemorial, and the exploration of questions about nature itself, which the ancient Greeks originated. The authors examine scientific traditions that took root in China, India, and Central and South America, as well as in a series of Near Eastern empires in late antiquity and the Middle Ages. From this comparative perspective, McClellan and Dorn survey the rise of the West, the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century, the Industrial Revolution, and the modern marriage of science and technology. They trace the development of world science and technology today while raising provocative questions about the sustainability of industrial civilization. This new edition of Science and Technology in World History offers an enlarged thematic introduction and significantly extends its treatment of industrial civilization and the technological supersystem built on the modern electrical grid. The Internet and social media receive increased attention. Facts and figures have been thoroughly updated and the work includes a comprehensive Guide to Resources, incorporating the major published literature along with a vetted list of websites and Internet resources for students and lay readers.
Author : National Science Board (U.S.). Task Force on the Environment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Environmental engineering
ISBN : PSU:000044168414