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Beyond engineering [electronic resource] : how society shapes technology / Robert Pool.

By: Pool, Robert, 1955-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Sloan technology series: Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997Description: ix, 358 p.Subject(s): Technology | Technological innovations | Nuclear energyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Introduction: Understanding Technology -- 1. History and Momentum -- 2. The Power of Ideas -- 3. Business -- 4. Complexity -- 5. Choices -- 6. Risk -- 7. Control -- 8. Managing the Faustian Bargain -- 9. Technical Fixes, Technological Solutions.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Understanding Technology -- 1. History and Momentum -- 2. The Power of Ideas -- 3. Business -- 4. Complexity -- 5. Choices -- 6. Risk -- 7. Control -- 8. Managing the Faustian Bargain -- 9. Technical Fixes, Technological Solutions.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.