Everett Mendelsohn, Merritt Roe Smith and Peter Weingart | Science, technology and the military - Volume 1

Relié en très bon état ; couverture rigide illustrée très légèrement abîmée ; Armements -- 20e siècle Politique technologique -- 20e siècle Guerre et société ; Mendelsohn, Everett (1931-....). Éditeur scientifique Smith, Merritt Roe (1940-....). Éditeur scientifique Weingart, Peter (1941-....). Éditeur scientifique ; Collection : Sociology of the sciences ; 12 ; "The extensive interaction between science/technology and the military has become increasingly apparent in the years since the Second World War. New institutional arrangements, new fields of study and research, new patterns of funding and support, new relations with industry, the academy and the state, and new professional roles have marked the sciences and technology; the military transformations have been equally important: new weapons systems of great complexity, new strategies and practices, new reliance on high technologies and advanced sciences, and extensive involvement in the funding of science and technology in the 'civilian' sector. While the literature in the social studies of science and technology has from time to time addressed these issues (especially from the historical perspective), the attention paid to the very extensive interactions and concommitant transformations has not been commensurate with the magnitude of the enterprise or changes undergone." (10C2)"