Insatiable Curiosity by Helga Nowotny )
An influential scholar in science studies argues that innovation tames the insatiable and limitless curiosity driving science, and that society's acute ambivalence about this is an inevitable legacy of modernity.-
Shaping Technology / Building Society
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Technology and Society
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Fascist Pigs
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Inside Electric Cars
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Acting in an Uncertain World
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Mechanical Sound
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Inventing the Internet
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Inventing Accuracy
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Of Bicycles, Bakelites, and Bulbs
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Mapping Israel, Mapping Palestine
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Ham Radio's Technical Culture
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Ignorance and Surprise
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Inside 3D Printers
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The Global Biopolitics of the IUD
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The Sound of Innovation
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Listening in the Field
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Remaking the News
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The Paradox of Scientific Authority
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Unbuilding Cities
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Borges and Memory
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Low Power to the People
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Designing Engineers
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Inside Wearable Technology
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Building the Trident Network
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The Closed World
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Memory Practices in the Sciences
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Greening Berlin
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Inside Drones
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Handling Digital Brains
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Building Genetic Medicine
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Inside Smartphones
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Producing Power
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Framing Production
Nowotny, Helga: -
Helga Nowotny, who has a doctorate in law from the University of Vienna and a Ph.D. in sociology from Columbia University, New York, was Professor of Social Studies of Science at ETH Zurich since and Director of Collegium Helveticum. Currently she is Chair of the European Research Advisory Board (EURAB) of the European Commission and Director of the post-doctorate Branco Weiss Fellowship. She was Executive Director of the European Center in Vienna, which she founded, and for seven years Chairperson of the Standing Committee for the Social Sciences of the European Science Foundation.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780262141031 |
| ISBN 10 | 0262141035 |
| Title | Insatiable Curiosity |
| Author | Helga Nowotny |
| Series | Inside Technology |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | MIT Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2008-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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