The uncertain quest
Subtitle: science, technology and development
By: edited by Jean-Jacques Salomon, Francisco R. Sagasti, and Céline Sachs-Jeantet.
Contributors: Sagasti, Francisco R.; Salomon, Jean Jacques.; Sachs-Jeantet, Céline.
Publisher: United Nations University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Tokyo; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 532
Subjects: Science -- Social aspects.; Technological innovations.; Technology and civilization.; Science and state.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: value: Modern science and technology / Jean-Jacques Salomon; value: The story of development thinking / Nasser Pakdaman; value: Measuring science, technology, and innovation / Jan Annerstedt; value: Western science in perspective and the search for alternatives / Andrew Jamison; value: The institutionalization process / Hebe Vessuri; value: The behaviour of scientists and scientific communities / Jacques Gaillard; value: Technology, economics, and late industrialization / Jorge Katz; value: Technological capabilities / Sanjaya Lall; value: The environmental challenge / Ignacy Sachs; value: Science and technology policy / Atul Wad; value: Technology transfer and diffusion / Amitav Rath; value: Technology choice and development / Ajit Bhalla; value: New technologies : opportunities and threats / Paulo Rodrigues Pereira; value: Technology assessment / Harvey Brooks.