The Fail-Safe Society: Community Defiance and the End of American Technological Optimism - Softcover

Piller, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520082028 ISBN 13: 9780520082021

Verlag: University of California Press, 1993

Inhaltsangabe

Here is the first balanced assessment of opposition by community groups to scientific and technological projects seen to offer hazards to their communities. Charles Piller shows how ecological disasters and technological breakdowns have robbed Americans of their faith in the beneficence of technology, and he offers a guide for achieving meaningful public involvement in scientific and technological decision-making.

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Charles Piller is Associate Editor of Macworld Magazine and co-author of Gene Wars: Military Control Over the New Genetic Technologies (1988).

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"An insightful analysis of the social and ethical dilemmas posed by recent developments in science and technology. . . . Piller's book makes an important contribution."—David Dickson, Editor, New Scientist

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"An insightful analysis of the social and ethical dilemmas posed by recent developments in science and technology. . . . Piller's book makes an important contribution."David Dickson, Editor,New Scientist

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of California Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1993
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0520082028
• ISBN 13: 9780520082021
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 252
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar