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Challenging traditionally held assumptions about the relationship between "man and machine" this book opens up wider debate on the shape of things to come and whether we should be trying to change them now.

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Introduction; Chapter 1 Conflicting Visions of Technology; Chapter 2 Facts, Values and Efficiency; Chapter 3 Science, Scientific Method and the Authority of Experts; Chapter 4 From Applied Science to Technoscience; Chapter 5 Technology, Culture and Politics; Chapter 6 Plant Breeding and the Politics of Hunger; Chapter 7 Who’s Responsible for this Mess?;

Living in a Technological Culture Human Tools and Human Values Philosophical Issues in Science

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
      Publication Date: 11/16/1995 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780415071017, 978-0415071017
      ISBN10: 0415071011
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Challenging traditionally held assumptions about the relationship between "man and machine" this book opens up wider debate on the shape of things to come and whether we should be trying to change them now.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction; Chapter 1 Conflicting Visions of Technology; Chapter 2 Facts, Values and Efficiency; Chapter 3 Science, Scientific Method and the Authority of Experts; Chapter 4 From Applied Science to Technoscience; Chapter 5 Technology, Culture and Politics; Chapter 6 Plant Breeding and the Politics of Hunger; Chapter 7 Who’s Responsible for this Mess?;

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