Theory of Technology

ISBN-13: 9780765808448 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 168 str.

David Clarke

Opis

The history of technology is often troubled by good ideas that do not, for one reason or another, take off right away-sometimes for millennia. Sometimes, technology comes to a standstill, and sometimes, it even reverses itself. Thus, unlike science, which seems to proceed at a reasonable and calm rate, the progress of technology is diffi cult to theorize about. While in science many developments are predictable to a certain extent and this predictability may, at times, direct or stymie science's progress-as with stem-cell research and cloning-technological advances, such as the Internet, are often sudden and unpredictable, and therefore frightening. In Theory of Technology, David Clarke brings together ten authors who try to understand technology from a variety of viewpoints.

O autorze

David Clarke