Technological Innovation as an Evolutionary Process - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521623618 ISBN 13 : 9780521623612

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Ground-breaking yet non-technical analysis of the analogy that technological artefacts 'evolve' like biological organisms.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Technological artefacts and biological organisms 'evolve' by very similar processes of blind variation and selective retention. This analogy is explored systematically, for the first time, by a team of international experts from evolutionary biology, history and sociology of science and technology, cognitive and computer science, economics, psychology, education, cultural anthropology and research management. Do technological 'memes' play the role of genes? In what sense are novel inventions 'blind'? Does the element of design make them 'Lamarckian' rather than 'Darwinian'? Is the recombination of ideas the essence of technological creativity? Can invention be simulated computationally? What are the entities that actually evolve - artefacts, ideas or organisations? These are only some of the many questions stimulated and partially answered by this powerful metaphor. With its practical demonstration of the explanatory potential of 'evolutionary reasoning' in a well-defined context, this book is a ground-breaking contribution to every discipline concerned with cultural change.

Revue de presse

'... an important and novel contribution to the development of evolutionary theory ...'. Research Policy

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521623618
• ISBN 13: 9780521623612
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 398
• Éditeur: Ziman John
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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