Science and Technology in Society: From Biotechnology to the Internet - Couverture rigide

Kleiman, Daniel Lee

 
9780631231813: Science and Technology in Society: From Biotechnology to the Internet

Synopsis

This thoughtful and engaging text challenges the widely held notion of science as somehow outside of society, and the idea that technology proceeds automatically down a singular and inevitable path. Through specific case studies involving contemporary debates, this book shows that science and technology are fundamentally part of society and are shaped by it.


  • Draws on concepts from political sociology, organizational analysis, and contemporary social theory.
  • Avoids dense theoretical debate.
  • Includes case studies and concluding chapter summaries for students and scholars.

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À propos de l?auteur

Daniel Lee Kleinman is Professor of Rural Sociology at the University of Wisconsin--Madison. He is the author most recently of Impure Cultures: University Biology and the World of Commerce (2003).

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9780631231820: Science and Technology in Society: From Biotechnology to the Internet

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  063123182X ISBN 13 :  9780631231820
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2005
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