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Confessions of a Technophile (Masters of Modern Physics, Band 13) - Hardcover

Branscomb, Lewis M.

 
9781563961182: Confessions of a Technophile (Masters of Modern Physics, Band 13)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1563961180 ISBN 13: 9781563961182
Verlag: American Institute of Physics, 1997

Inhaltsangabe

In this technologically adventurous book, Lewis Branscomb-- distinguished physicist who once headed the National Bureau of Standards and later was IBM's Chief Scientist--explores the "wise and creative" uses of our nation's science, from the boundless faith in science after the Second World War, into the age of technology, which, says Branscomb, "is an expression of the values of the society that creates and uses it." Branscomb examines emerging information technologies--computer software, electronic libraries, video disks, and the information "superhighway"--always exploring the way people are affected. Here readers can share his vision of how we can use both science and politics to improve the prospects for humankind.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Lewis M. Branscomb is Albert Pratt Public Professor at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

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Branscomb's principal theme is that the benefits of science do not flow freely out of the laboratory; rather, superior advances come into our lives because people - in industry, universities, and government - anticipate the future and cooperate to achieve desirable ends. "Technology", says Branscomb, "is an expression of the values of the society that creates and uses it". Branscomb takes us on a tour of emerging information technologies - computer software, electronic libraries, video disks, and the information "superhighway" - always exploring the way people are affected. He asks, "How can a democratic society bring the culture and values of science to the wise management of the technologies that shape our lives?" This is a searching odyssey by one of the nation's most astute navigators along the paths taken by science and technology since the Second World War. Share his vision of how we can use both science and politics to improve the prospects for humankind.

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Verlag
American Institute of Physics
Erscheinungsdatum
1997
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1563961180
ISBN 13 
9781563961182
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
271
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