Science, technology, and the human prospect: Proceedings of the Edison Centennial Symposium (Pergamon policy studies on science and technology)

Front Cover ; Science, Technology and the Human Prospect; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents; Foreword; OBSERVING THE CENTENNIAL OF LIGHT; Introduction; THE GROWTH OF LIMITS; Part I: Judging the Costs and Benefits of Technology; Chapter 1. Phases of Creativity in Science and Technology ; GREECE AND HELLAS: THE THINKERS; ANCIENT, NONINVENTIVE, CHINA; ROME: THE ENGINEERS; THE PLODDING PROGRESS OF THE DARK AGES; THE RENAISSANCE: SCIENCE REDISCOVERED; EUROPEAN SCIENCE: THEORIES AND EXPERIMENTS; THE GOLDEN AGE OF INVENTIONS; CREATIVITY IN SCIENCE; ALL THE SCIENCE'S MEN.;Science, Technology and the Human Prospect presents the technical and industrial development that has significantly altered the human life. This book examines the positive and negative aspects of material development and its relation to the values of life. Organized into three parts encompassing 18 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the innovative process, including the development, invention, and commercial introduction of products and services. This text then examines the determinants of economic growth and the relationship between research and development (R & D) and the. Front Cover Science, Technology and the Human Prospect Copyright Page Table of Contents Foreword OBSERVING THE CENTENNIAL OF LIGHT Introduction THE GROWTH OF LIMITS Part I: Judging the Costs and Benefits of Technology Chapter 1. Phases of Creativity in Science and Technology GREECE AND HELLAS: THE THINKERS ANCIENT, NONINVENTIVE, CHINA ROME: THE ENGINEERS THE PLODDING PROGRESS OF THE DARK AGES THE RENAISSANCE: SCIENCE REDISCOVERED EUROPEAN SCIENCE: THEORIES AND EXPERIMENTS THE GOLDEN AGE OF INVENTIONS CREATIVITY IN SCIENCE ALL THE SCIENCE'S MEN. APPLIED SCIENCE AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVATIONSChapter 2. Science, Technology, and Economic Growth RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURES AND PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES SOCIAL AND PRIVATE RETURNS FROM PARTICULAR INNOVATIONS BASIC RESEARCH AND PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OF INDUSTRIAL R & D EXPENDITURE RECENT CHANGES IN THE RATE OF PRODUCTIVITY INCREASE PUBLIC POLICY TOWARD CIVILIAN TECHNOLOGY CONCLUSIONS NOTES Chapter 3. Science and Technology in Global Development ABSOLUTE POVERTY AND THE WORLD'S ECONOMIC PRIORITIES DELINEATING A REVISED GLOBAL ECONOMIC SYSTEM. DEVELOPMENT OF A SCIENCE AND RESEARCH COMMUNITYNOTES Chapter 4. Energy and Civilization THE ENERGY-CIVILIZATION EQUATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE EQUATION SCIENCE AND THE EQUATION THE VALIDITY OF THE EQUATION NOTES Chapter 5. The Human Factor Part II: Adapting the Institutional Frame of Technology Chapter 6. Two Kinds of Light From Science OUR HUMAN PLACE IN SPACE AND TIME THE THEMES OF HUMAN HISTORY THE HUMAN MIND AND OUR SOCIETY MORE LIGHT NOTES Chapter 7. Technology and Socioeconomic Innovation INNOVATION AS A SOCIAL-ECONOMIC-POLITICAL PROBLEM. REALIZING THE PROMISE OF TECHNOLOGYENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY THE INSTITUTIONAL SECTORS OF TECHNOLOGY Chapter 8. Public Reactions to Science and Technology: ""The Wizard"" Faces Social Judgment EDISON NEVER WORRIED ABOUT MATHEMATICS EDISON NEVER WORRIED ABOUT THE SOCIAL SYSTEM EDISON NEVER WORRIED ABOUT GENERALIZED PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPTS NOTES Chapter 9. Industry and Energy: Moral Dimensions of the Tasks NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE ASPECTS OF MORALITY MORALITY AND THE ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY THE INDUSTRY'S POSITIVE MORAL TASKS THE WEAKNESSES OF OUR DECISION-MAKING INSTITUTIONS. WHAT MORAL VIRTUES DO WE NEED TO CULTIVATE?THE WHOLE SOCIETY AS THE FOCUS OF THE INDUSTRY'S RESPONSIBILITY NOTES Chapter 10. Science, Technology, and Social Achievement INDIVIDUAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: TOWARD THEIR INSTITUTIONAL WELL-BEING Part Ill: Human Needs and the Future of Invention Chapter 11. Energy IS THERE AN ENERGY PROBLEM? ECONOMIC GROWTH, RESOURCES, AND ENERGY REQUIREMENTS RADIOACTIVE WASTE: A PROTOTYPE HAZARD DISCUSSION NOTE Chapter 12. Technological History and Technical Problems. Science, Technology And The Human Prospect Presents The Technical And Industrial Development That Has Significantly Altered The Human Life. This Book Examines The Positive And Negative Aspects Of Material Development And Its Relation To The Values Of Life. Organized Into Three Parts Encompassing 18 Chapters, This Book Begins With An Overview Of The Innovative Process, Including The Development, Invention, And Commercial Introduction Of Products And Services. This Text Then Examines The Determinants Of Economic Growth And The Relationship Between Research And Development (r & D) And The Rate Of Productivity Growth. Other Chapters Consider The Various Approaches To The Energy Problem In View Of The Human Prospect. This Book Discusses As Well The Various Aspects Of Energy Demand, Urbanization, And Decentralization. The Final Chapter Deals With The Trends In The Basic Technologies Of A Communication System. This Book Is A Valuable Resource For Engineers, Economists, Scientists, And Research Workers. Science, Technology and the Human Prospect contains the proceedings of the Edison Centennial Symposium. Organized into three parts, this book begins with the 10 essays commissioned from scholars and persons richly experienced in the management of technology. Part I explores the costs and benefits of technology. Part II addresses the adaption of the institutional frame of technology. The last part discusses the human needs and future of invention. Edited By Chauncey Starr And Philip C. Ritterbush. Includes Bibliographical Reference And Index.