Living with the Genie : essays on technology and the quest for human mastery / edited by Alan Lightman, Daniel Sarewitz, Christina Desser.

Living with the Genie : essays on technology and the quest for human mastery /

"Science and technology continually transform our experience and society in ways that often seem to be beyond our control. Today different areas of research and innovation are advancing synergistically and multiplying the rate and magnitude of technological and societal change. As the power of...

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Main Authors: Lightman, Alan P., 1948- (Author, Editor), Sarewitz, Daniel R. (Author, Editor), Desser, Christina (Author, Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Island Press, [2003]
Subjects:
Technology > Social aspects.
Technological innovations > Social aspects.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Literary devices / Richard Powers
  • The origin of the genie / Kathy Schick, Nicholas Toth
  • Promise and peril / Ray Kurzweil
  • Small is powerful / Daniel Sarewitz, Edward Woodhouse
  • Your breath is your worst enemy / D. Michelle Addington
  • Changing conceptions / Lori B. Andrews
  • Technology and death / Richard Rhodes
  • Confined to your legs / Gregor Wolbring
  • Progress and violence / Shiv Visvanathan
  • Science and happiness / Daniel Sarewitz
  • What kinds of science should be done? / Philip Kitcher
  • The Humpty Dumpty problem / Mitchell Kapor
  • Who owns your dinner? / Carl-Gustaf Thornström
  • Blowback in genetic engineering / Mark Schapiro
  • Only connect / Christina Desser
  • The world is too much with me / Alan Lightman.

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