03194nam 2200529 450 991082320930332120170919154522.01-84545-117-11-84545-116-31-78238-964-410.1515/9781782389644(CKB)3710000000641324(EBL)4501284(MiAaPQ)EBC4501284(DE-B1597)636616(DE-B1597)9781782389644(EXLCZ)99371000000064132420160426h20062006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierCultures of technology and the quest for innovation /edited by Helga NowotnyNew York, [New York] ;Oxford, [England] :Berghahn Books,2006.©20061 online resource (232 p.)Making sense of history ;Volume 9Description based upon print version of record.Print version: Cultures of technology and the quest for innovation. New York, [New York] ; Oxford, [Englad] : Berghahn Books, c2006 vi, 221 pages Making sense of history ; Volume 9. 9781845451165 2005057026 Includes bibliographical references and index.00 front Nowotny; 00 intro Nowotny; 01 chap Nowotny; 02 chap Nowotny; 03 chap Nowotny; 04 chap Nowotny; 05 chap Nowotny; 06 chap Nowotny; 07 chap Nowotny; 08 chap Nowotny; 09 chap Nowotny; 10 epilogue Nowotny; 11 contributors Nowotny; 12 bibliography Nowotny; 13 index NowotnyUnderlying the current dynamics of technological developments, their divergence or convergence and the abundance of options, promises and risks they contain, is the quest for innovation, the contributors to this volume argue. The seemingly insatiable demand for novelty coincides with the rise of modern science and the onset of modernity in Western societies. Never before has the Baconian dream been so close to becoming reality: wrapped into a globalizing capitalism that seeks ever expanding markets for new products, artifacts and designs and new processes that lead to gains in efficiency, productivity and profit. However, approaching these developments through a wider historical and cultural perspectives, means to raise questions about the plurality of cultures, the interaction between "hardware" and "software" and about the nature of the interfaces where technology meets with economic, social, legal, historical constraints and opportunities. The authors come to the conclusion that inside a seemingly homogenous package and a seemingly universal quest for innovation many differences remain.Making sense of history ;Volume 9.Technological innovationsCongressesSocial history1945-CongressesTechnological innovationsSocial history338/.064Nowotny Helga128519MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823209303321Cultures of technology and the quest for innovation4012296UNINA