Science in the Context of Application

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Autor: Alfred (Hrsg.) Nordmann

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ISBN: 978-94-007-3427-2

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We increasingly view the world around us as a product of science and technology. Accordingly, we have begun to appreciate that science does not take its problems only from nature and then produces technological applications, but that the very problems of scientific research themselves are generated by science and technology. Simultaneously, problems like global warming, the toxicology of nanoparticles, or the use of renewable energies are constituted by many factors that interact with great complexity. Science in the context of application is challenged to gain new understanding and control of such complexity-it cannot seek shelter in the ivory tower or simply pursue its internal quest for understanding and gradual improvement of grand theories. Science in the Context of Application will identify, explore and assess these changes. Part I considers the "Changing Conditions of Scientific Research" and part II "Science, Values, and Society". Examples are drawn from pharmaceutical research, the information sciences, simulation modelling, nanotechnology, cancer research, the effects of commercialization, and many other fields. The book assembles papers from well-known European and American Science Studies scholars like Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Janet Kourany, Michael Mahoney, Margaret Morrison, Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, Arie Rip, Dan Sarewitz, Peter Weingart, and others. The individual chapters are written to address anyone who is concerned about the role of contemporary science in society, including scientists, philosophers, and policy makers.

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"This is a weighty book in its ambition ? and in the quality of thought that the articles convey. ? this volume deserves careful reading by all those interested in modern science. ? the book concentrates on three areas - information technology (including the problems of making silicon chips), biotechnology, and nanotechnology - each of which is closely related to chemistry." (Robert Bud, AMBIX, Vol. 59 (3), November, 2012)

Autor	Nordmann, Alfred (Hrsg.) / Carrier, Martin (Hrsg.)
Verlag	Springer Netherlands
Einband	Kartonierter Einband (Kt)
Erscheinungsjahr	2013
Seitenangabe	504 S.
Lieferstatus	Folgt in ca. 5 Arbeitstagen
Ausgabekennzeichen	Englisch
Abbildungen	Paperback
Masse	H23.5 cm x B15.5 cm x D2.8 cm 756 g
Auflage	2011

Über den Autor Alfred (Hrsg.) Nordmann

Alfred Nordmann (Editor) Alfred Nordmann is professor of philosophy at Darmstadt Technical University and Visiting Centenary Professor at the University of South Carolina. He is author of Wittgenstein’s Tractatus: An Introduction, and coeditor of Discovering the Nanoscale, The Kantian Legacy in Nineteenth Century Science, and Science in the Context of Application.Hans Radder (Editor) Hans Radder is professor emeritus in philosophy of science and technology at the Department of Philosophy of VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is the author of many articles and several books, including The World Observed/The World Conceived and The Material Realization of Science: From Habermas to Experimentation and Referential Realism, and editor of The Commodification of Academic Research: Science and the Modern University. Gregor Schiemann (Editor) Gregor Schiemann is professor of philosophy and history of science at Bergische Universität in Wuppertal. He is the author of Hermann von Helmholtz’ Mechanism: The Loss of Certainty and Werner Heisenberg, and coeditor of The Significance of the Hypothetical in the Natural Sciences.