Beyond engineering : how society shapes technology
Part of the "Sloan Foundation Technology Book" series, this book explores the forces that drive technological development along the specific paths that it takes, using the nuclear power industry as a recurrent case-study example, but drawing in other technologies, such as personal computers and software, and electrical power and space flight.
XII, 358 p. ; 24 cm.
9780195107722, 0195107721
911288272
Introduction: Thinking About Technology ; Chapter 1: History and Momentum ; Chapter 2: The Power of Ideas ; Chapter 3: Business ; Chapter 4: Complexity ; Chapter 5: Choices ; Chapter 6: Risk ; Chapter 7: Control ; Chapter 8: Managing the Faustian Bargain ; Chapter 9: Technical Fixes, Technological Solutions ; Notes ; Acknowledgments ; Index