Title: Scientific cultures - technological challenges :
Authors: Benesch, Klaus,; Zwingenberger, Meike.; Bayerische Amerika-Akademie.
Date: 2009
Publisher: Universitätsverlag Winter,
Physical description: viii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: A
Contents: Diverging cultures, competing truths? Science, technology, and the humanities : an introduction / Klaus Benesch -- Cultures of risk and the aesthetic of uncertainty / Ursula Heise -- The habit of saying I : eigenvalues and resonance / Hanjo Berressem -- The new alliance of neuroscience and the humanities : interdisciplinarity in the making / Suzanne Nalbantian -- All over writing : the electronic book review (version 4.0) / Joseph Tabbi -- From Ludwig Boltzmann's Formula to Meatball Mulligan's party; or how to fictionalize the entropy law -- Bio Science : genetic genealogy testing and the pursuit of African ancestry / Alondra Nelson -- Sustainability and the challenges of race, gender, and poverty to contemporary scientific cultures / Robin Morris Collin -- Constructing competitive advantage : the evolution of state R&D investment funds in the United States / Heike Mayer -- From black box to white box : the changing life worlds of communication technologies / David Nye -- A signal success : an illuminating history of one woman, one invention / Denise E. Pilato -- Disciplining technopolitics : physics, computing, and the "Star Wars" debate / Rebecca Slayton.
Notes: Many of the essays presented here evolved from the 2007 annual conference of the Bavarian American Academy, Munich.
Subject headings (LCSH): Humanities--Congresses.; Science and the humanities--Congresses.; Science--History--Congresses.; Science--Philosophy--Congresses; Science--Political aspects--Congresses.; Science--Social aspects--Congresses.; Technology--Congresses; Technology--History--Congresses.; Technology--Philosophy--Congresses; Technology--Political aspects--Congresses.; Technology--Social aspects--Congresses; Technology--Social aspects--History--Congresses.