Beyond Engineering - How Society Shapes Technology

Drawing on such disparate fields as history, economics, risk analysis, management science, sociology, and psychology, science writer Robert Pool examines how society shapes technology, illuminating the complex, often fascinating interplay between machines and society.

About the author

About the Author:
Robert Pool writes for Discover and New Scientist and is author of Eves Rib.

Summary

In Beyond Engineering, Robert Pool provides an engaging look at modern technology and an illuminating account of how technology and the modern world shape each other.

Additional text

"If you're interested not just in how things work but also why they work that way, pick [eyond Engineering] up."--John Burgess, The Washington Post

Product details

• Authors: Robert Pool, Pool Robert
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.1999
• EAN: 9780195129113
• ISBN: 978-0-19-512911-3
• No. of pages: 370
• Series: Sloan Technology; Sloan Technology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Labour, economic and industrial sociology; SCIENCE / Applied Sciences, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Research, Technology: general issues, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies