LEADER 00801nam0-22003011i-450- 001 990001757350403321 005 20080716135124.0 035 $a000175735 035 $aFED01000175735 035 $a(Aleph)000175735FED01 035 $a000175735 100 $a20030910d1845----km-y0itay50------ba 101 0 $aita 102 $aIT 105 $ay-------001yy 200 1 $aSulla simmetria delle piante$fMichele Tenore 210 $a[S.l.$cs.e.]$d1845 215 $a18 p.$d30 cm 610 0 $aMorfologia vegetale 676 $a581.4 700 1$aTenore,$bMichele$f<1780-1861>$038409 801 0$aIT$bUNINA$gRICA$2UNIMARC 901 $aBK 912 $a990001757350403321 952 $a60 094.3 A 4/18$b538$fFAGBC 959 $aFAGBC 996 $aSulla simmetria delle piante$9362782 997 $aUNINA LEADER 03895oam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910782148203321 005 20190503073344.0 010 $a0-262-28076-0 010 $a1-4356-5497-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000536338 035 $a(EBL)3338902 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000179689 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11168953 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000179689 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10139522 035 $a(PQKB)10851347 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3338902 035 $a(OCoLC)244794871$z(OCoLC)463189456$z(OCoLC)646754040$z(OCoLC)722676932$z(OCoLC)939263677$z(OCoLC)961549023$z(OCoLC)962670525 035 $a(OCoLC-P)244794871 035 $a(MaCbMITP)7814 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3338902 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10235150 035 $a(OCoLC)939263677 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000536338 100 $a20080902d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInsatiable curiosity $einnovation in a fragile future /$fby Helga Nowotny ; translated by Mitch Cohen 210 $aCambridge, MA $cMIT Press$dİ2008 215 $a1 online resource (195 p.) 225 1 $aInside technology 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-262-14103-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [169]-179). 327 $aContents; 1 The Emergence of the New; 2 Paths of Curiosity; 3 Innovation in a Fragile Future; Epilogue Why We Must Remain Modern; Notes 330 $aAn influential scholar in science studies argues that innovation tames the insatiable and limitless curiosity driving science, and that society's acute ambivalence about this is an inevitable legacy of modernity.Curiosity is the main driving force behind scientific activity. Scientific curiosity, insatiable in its explorations, does not know what it will find, or where it will lead. Science needs autonomy to cultivate this kind of untrammeled curiosity; innovation, however, responds to the needs and desires of society. Innovation, argues influential European science studies scholar Helga Nowotny, tames the passion of science, harnessing it to produce "deliverables." Science brings uncertainties; innovation successfully copes with them. Society calls for both the passion for knowledge and its taming. This ambivalence, Nowotny contends, is an inevitable result of modernity. In Insatiable Curiosity, Nowotny explores the strands of the often unexpected intertwining of science and technology and society. Uncertainty arises, she writes, from an oversupply of knowledge. The quest for innovation is society's response to the uncertainties that come with scientific and technological achievement. Our dilemma is how to balance the immense but unpredictable potential of science and technology with our acknowledgement that not everything that can be done should be done. We can escape the old polarities of utopias and dystopias, writes Nowotny, by accepting our ambivalence--as a legacy of modernism and a positive cultural resource. 410 0$aInside technology. 606 $aScience$xSocial aspects 606 $aTechnology$xSocial aspects 606 $aScience$xTechnological innovations 606 $aTechnological innovations 606 $aCuriosity 606 $aCreative ability in science 610 $aSCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General 615 0$aScience$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aTechnology$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aScience$xTechnological innovations. 615 0$aTechnological innovations. 615 0$aCuriosity. 615 0$aCreative ability in science. 676 $a303.48/3 700 $aNowotny$b Helga$0128519 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782148203321 996 $aInsatiable curiosity$93846699 997 $aUNINA