Science, Technology and Culture [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Bell David
• Pubblicazione: Maidenhead, : McGraw-Hill Education, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (170 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.483; 306.45
• Soggetto topico: Science
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Issues; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 01; Chapter 02; Chapter 03; Chapter 04; Chapter 05; Chapter 06; Chapter 07; Glossary of Key Terms; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book introduces students to cultural studies of science and technology. It equips students with an understanding of science and technology as aspects of culture, and an appreciation of the importance of thinking about science and technology from a cultural studies perspective. Individual chapters focus on topics including popular representations of science and scientists, the place of science and technology in everyday life, and the contests over amateur, fringe and pseudo-science. Each chapter includes case studies ranging from the MMR vaccine to UFOs, and from nuclear war to microwave o
• Titolo autorizzato: Science, Technology and Culture
• ISBN: 1-280-95071-4; 0-335-22419-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457441803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II