Discovery, Innovation, and Risk
Subtitle: Case Studies in Science and Technology (New Liberal Arts)
Publisher: The MIT Press; MIT Press
Published: December 22, 1992
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 437
ISBN-13: 9780262031998
Subjects: History of engineering & technology; History of science; Sociology Of Science; Technological Innovations; Technology; Science/Mathematics; General; Technology / Social Aspects; Social Aspects; Case studies; Engineering; Methodology; Research; Science
Description: Presents brief descriptions of selected scientific principles to illustrate the interplay between science, engineering and society. Case studies emphasize technological developments growing directly from scientific discoveries, such as telegraphy as a result of discoveries in electromagnetism.