Frontiers Of Illusion : Science, Technology, and the Politics of Progress
Daniel. Sarewitz
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Philadelphia : : Temple University Press, , 2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (250 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: The End of the Age of Physics; Science and Technology Policy; Policy Goals and Policy Myths; Beyond the Age of Physics: Science,Technology, and Reality; Chapter 2: The Myth of Infinite Benefit; Chapter 3: The Myth of Unfettered Research; External Fetters: Teapot in a Tempest; Internal Fetters: The Maleness of the System; Unfettered Reality; Chapter 4: The Myth of Accountability; Chapter 5: The Myth of Authoritativeness; DNA Fingerprinting: Disorder in the Court; Global Climate Change: An Atmosphere of Uncertainty. - 5. The Global R&D CommunityThe Search for Ellipses; Notes; Index. - Stratospheric Ozone Depletion: Getting It Right (by Accident)Authoritative Politics; Chapter 6: The Myth of the Endless Frontier; Endless Frontier, Finite Earth; Moral Science; Chapter 7: Pas de Trois: Science, Technology, and the Marketplace; The Sound of Invisible Hands Clapping; Nobody's Partner; Chapter 8: Science as a Surrogate for Social Action; Sickness Care; The Best Defense; Tailoring People to Taste; Chapter 9: Toward a New Mythology; Five Policy Suggestions:; 1. Expanding Diversity; 2. Integrating the Human Element; 3. Honest Brokers; 4. Introducing Democracy. - For the past fifty years, science and technology-supported with billions of dollars from the U.S. government-have advanced at a rate that would once have seemed miraculous, while society's problems have grown more intractable, complex, and diverse. Yet scientists and politicians alike continue to prescribe more science and more technology to cure such afflictions as global climate change, natural resource depletion, overpopulation, inadequate health care, weapons proliferation, and economic inequality.Daniel Sarewitz scrutinizes the fundamental myths that have guided the formula
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| Emner | Research - United States
Science and state - Philosophy - United States Technology and state - Government policy - United States Research -- Philosophy. Vis mer... Science and state -- United States.
Technology and state -- United States. Filosofi Naturvitenskap - Filosofi Physical Sciences & Mathematics Sciences - General Teknologi Vitenskap og samfunn naturvitenskap teknologi samfunn filosofi |
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| ISBN | 1566394155. - 1566394163
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