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The Dynamics of Science and Technology

Social Values, Technical Norms and Scientific Criteria in the Development of Knowledge

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  • © 1978

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Editors:
  1. Wolfgang Krohn

    1. Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung der Lebensbedingungen der wissenschaftlich-technischen Welt, Starnberg, Germany

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  2. Edwin T. Layton

    1. University of Minnesota, USA

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  3. Peter Weingart

    1. Universität Bielefed, Germany

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Part of the book series: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook (SOSC, volume 2)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Science and Technology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Physics — Natural Science or Technology?

      • Peter Janich
      Pages 3-27

    3. Goal Direction of Scientific Research

      • Ron Johnston, Tom Jagtenberg
      Pages 29-58

  4. Science and Technology in their Social Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
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    2. Technology Academised

      • Karl-Heinz Manegold
      Pages 137-158

    3. The Coming of the Assembly Line to Europe

      • Patrick Fridenson
      Pages 159-175

    4. Ideologies of ‘Art’ and ‘Science’ in Medicine

      • Judy Sadler
      Pages 177-215

  5. The Scientification of Technology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217
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    2. The ‘Scientification’ of Technology

      • Gernot Böhme, Wolfgang Van Den Daele, Wolfgang Krohn
      Pages 219-250

    3. The Relation between Science and Technology — A Sociological Explanation

      • Peter Weingart
      Pages 251-286

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 287-293
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About this book

The interrelations of science and technology as an object of study seem to have drawn the attention of a number of disciplines: the history of both science and technology, sociology, economics and economic history, and even the philosophy of science. The question that comes to mind is whether the phenomenon itself is new or if advances in the disciplines involved account for this novel interest, or, in fact, if both are intercon­ nected. When the editors set out to plan this volume, their more or less explicit conviction was that the relationship of science and technology did reveal a new configuration and that the disciplines concerned with 1tS analysis failed at least in part to deal with the change because of conceptual and methodological preconceptions. To say this does not imply a verdict on the insufficiency of one and the superiority of any other one disciplinary approach. Rather, the situation is much more complex. In economics, for example, the interest in the relationship between science and technology is deeply influenced by the theoretical problem of accounting for the factors of economic growth. The primary concern is with technology and the problem is whether the market induces technological advances or whether they induce new demands that explain the subsequent diffusion of new technologies. Science is generally considered to be an exogenous factor not directly subject to market forces and, therefore, appears to be of no interest.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung der Lebensbedingungen der wissenschaftlich-technischen Welt, Starnberg, Germany

    Wolfgang Krohn

  • University of Minnesota, USA

    Edwin T. Layton

  • Universität Bielefed, Germany

    Peter Weingart

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Dynamics of Science and Technology

  • Book Subtitle: Social Values, Technical Norms and Scientific Criteria in the Development of Knowledge

  • Editors: Wolfgang Krohn, Edwin T. Layton, Peter Weingart

  • Series Title: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9828-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1978

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0880-9Published: 31 May 1978

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0881-6Published: 31 May 1978

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-9828-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0167-2320

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1796

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 294

  • Topics: History of Science

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