02896nam 2200685Ia 450 991045208980332120200520144314.00-19-756102-01-280-52900-897866105290010-19-802672-21-4294-0021-8(CKB)1000000000465673(EBL)271075(OCoLC)243614164(SSID)ssj0000110903(PQKBManifestationID)11138637(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110903(PQKBWorkID)10074482(PQKB)10378936(MiAaPQ)EBC271075(StDuBDS)EDZ0002342132(Au-PeEL)EBL271075(CaPaEBR)ebr10142276(CaONFJC)MIL52900(OCoLC)890267317(EXLCZ)99100000000046567319960806d1997 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrBeyond engineering[electronic resource] how society shapes technology /Robert PoolNew York Oxford University Press19971 online resource (369 p.)The Sloan technology seriesPreviously issued in print: 1997.0-19-512911-3 0-19-510772-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Understanding Technology -- 1. History and Momentum -- 2. The Power of Ideas -- 3. Business -- 4. Complexity -- 5. Choices -- 6. Risk -- 7. Control -- 8. Managing the Faustian Bargain -- 9. Technical Fixes, Technological Solutions.We have long recognized technology as a driving force behind much historical and cultural change. The invention of the printing press initiated the Reformation. The development of the compass ushered in the Age of Exploration and the discovery of the New World. The cotton gin created the conditions that led to the Civil War. Now, in 'Beyond Engineering', science writer Robert Pool turns the question around to examine how society shapes technology. Drawing on such disparate fields as history, economics, risk analysis, management science, sociology and psychology, Pool illuminates the complex, often fascinating interplay between machines and society, in a book that will revolutionize how we think about technology.Sloan technology series.TechnologyTechnological innovationsNuclear energyElectronic books.Technology.Technological innovations.Nuclear energy.600Pool Robert1955-288454MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452089803321Beyond engineering2148696UNINA