The Paradox of Scientific Authority (Inbunden)
avWiebe E. Bijker, Roland Bal, Ruud Hendriks
ISBN: 9780262026581 - UTGIVEN: 200909Today, scientific advice is asked for (and given) on questions ranging from stem-cell research to genetically modified food. And yet it often seems that the more urgently scientific advice is solicited, the more vigorously scientific authority is questioned by policy makers, stakeholders, and citize[...]
Of Bicycles, Bakelites and Bulbs (Häftad)
avWiebe E. Bijker
ISBN: 9780262522274 - UTGIVEN: 199703This book crystallizes and extends the important work Wiebe Bijker has done in the last decade to found a full-scale theory of sociotechnical change that describes where technologies come from and how societies deal with them. Of Bicycles, Bakelites, and Bulbs integrates detailed case studies with t[...]
Vulnerability in Technological Cultures (Pocket)
avAnique (EDT) Hommels, Jessica (EDT) Mesman, Wiebe E. (EDT) Bijker
ISBN: 9780262525800 - UTGIVEN: 2014-03Novel technologies and scientific advancements offer not only opportunities but risks. Technological systems are vulnerable to human error and technical malfunctioning that have far-reaching consequences: one flipped switch can cause a cascading power failure across a networked electric grid. Yet, o[...]
