Modern Science and Human Values

by William W. Lowrance

Book Overview

Engaging in spirited debate and making reference to a broad range of issues in the physical and biological sciences, the social sciences, engineering, and medicine, this perceptive study analyzes how technical progress influences social thought and public policy, and how technical people play their complex roles as professional practitioners, advisors, and leaders. A major contribution to the debate over public policy and technology, this work will...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195042115
• ISBN13: 9780195042115
• Release Date: August 1986
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.5"