Science, technology & society /
Science, technology and society
Claudio V. Tabotabo, [and 7 others].
- vi, 166 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Chapter 1. The general concepts and historical antecedents in the course science and technology -- The fundamental concepts in STS -- Antecedents in science and technology in historical perspective -- Intellectual revolutions -- Science and technology and nation building -- Chapter 2. Science, technology and society and the human condition -- Technology according to the eye of the German philosopher Martin Heidegger -- Good life -- When technology and human cross -- Why the future does not need us -- Chapter 3. Special issues in science and technology and society -- Information -- Biodiversity and climate change environmental awareness -- Genetically modified organism -- Nanotechnology.