Living with the Genie [[electronic resource] ] : essays on technology and the quest for human mastery / / edited by Alan Lightman, Daniel Sarewitz, Christina Desser

• Pubblicazione: Washington, : Island Press, c2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (358 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.48/3
• Soggetto topico: Technology - Social aspects; Technological innovations - Social aspects
• Altri autori: LightmanAlan P. <1948-> SarewitzDaniel R DesserChristina
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: About Island Press; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; Ch 1: Literary Devices; Ch 2: The Origin od the Genie; Ch 3: Promise and Peril; Ch 4: Small Is Powerful; Ch 5: Your Breath Is Your Worst Enemy; Ch 6: Changing Conceptions; Ch 7: Technology and Death; Ch 8: Confined to Your Legs; Ch 9: Progress and Violence; Ch 10: Science and Happiness; Ch 11: What Kinds of Science Should Be Done?; Ch 12: The Humpty Dumpty Problem; Ch 13: Who Owns Your Dinner?; Ch 14: Blowback in Genetic Engineering; Ch 15: Only Connect; Ch 16: The World is Too Much With Me; Acknowledgments; Notes ; Chapter 2 & 3Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; About the Authors; Index; IslandPress Board of Directors 2003
• Titolo autorizzato: Living with the Genie
• ISBN: 1-61091-092-3; 1-4175-4387-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816069403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II