Rethinking Science, Technology, and Social Change

by Ralph Schroeder

Book Overview

Rethinking Science, Technology, and Social Change challenges the prevailing notion that science and technology are constructed or socially shaped. The text puts forth a case for technological determinism, based on a realistic and pragmatic account of science and technology, informed by historical comparisons.

Schroeder begins by exploring the social organization of scientific and technological advances; the intersecting trajectories...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804755884
• ISBN13: 9780804755887
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"