Discovery, Innovation, and Risk - Case Studies in Science and Technology

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.

About the author

Newton H. Copp is Associate Professor of Biology in the joint Science Department of Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges of The Claremont Colleges, Claremont, California. Andrew W. Zanella is Professor of Chemistry in the joint Science Department of Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges of The Claremont Colleges, Claremont, California.

Summary

Discovery, Innovation, and Risk presents brief descriptions of selected scientific principles in the context of interesting technological examples to illustrate the complex interplay among science, engineering, and society.

Product details

• Authors: Newton Copp, Newton H. Copp, Newton H. Zanella Copp, Andrew W. Zanella
• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.12.1992
• EAN: 9780262531115
• ISBN: 978-0-262-53111-5
• No. of pages: 437
• Series: Special Issues of "Physica D"; Special Issues of Physica D
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)