By Dimitris N. Chorafas

the purpose of this e-book is to discover technology and know-how from the perspective of constructing new wisdom, in preference to the reinterpretation of latest wisdom in ever better yet doubtful aspect. Scientists and technologists make development by means of distinguishing among what they regard as significant and what they think about as secondary or unimportant. The significant is dynamic; more often than not, the fewer very important is static. technology and know-how have made a tremendous contribution to the tradition and to the traditional of residing of our society. From antiquity to the current day, the main extraordinary scientists and technologists were thinkers, experimenters and individuals prepared and ready to problem “the obvious”. know-how develops items and strategies in line with the breakthroughs of technology. If technologists fail to gradually improve their abilities, instruments and techniques, they'll merely be nearly as good as their final layout, risking obsolescence. utilizing useful examples and case stories, this ebook files the correlations present among technology and expertise, and elucidates those correlations with sensible functions starting from real-life occasions, from R&D to power creation. because it is a salient challenge, and a so much demanding one to our society, energy creation has been selected as a tremendous case learn. The holistic method of technology and expertise through this article complements the facility to bring functional effects. This booklet is meant for college students and researchers of technology, expertise and mathematical research, whereas additionally supplying a necessary reference ebook for execs. Its topic is among the so much debated difficulties of mankind.

Show description

Read or Download Science and Technology PDF

Best science & nature education books

Growing a Japanese Science City: Communication in Scientific Research (Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies)

Tsukuba technological know-how urban is the world's so much formidable try to `turbocharge' medical collaboration. James W. Dearing appears to be like on the political and fiscal context in which the plans for Tsukuba have been laid, how these plans replaced in the course of the strategy of implementation, and on the functioning of Tsukuba this day.

The Paranormal Research & Investigation HandBook (Paranormal Investigation Guides)

Paranormal examine research advisor, info and extra. contains short descriptions of making a mystical learn research organization and undertaking Paranormal study Investigations.

Heterogenität als Herausforderung im Zentrum des LehrerInnenseins. Der Umgang mit der Vielfalt der SchülerInnen in der Volksschule. (German Edition)

Durch die Heterogenität im Klassenzimmer fühlen sich Lehrer/innen in ihrer täglichen Unterrichtsarbeit belastet und teilweise überfordert. Die vorliegende Arbeit setzt sich mit der Problematik auseinander, indem der Begriff der Heterogenität diskutiert wird und die sie beschreibenden Faktoren dargestellt werden.

Designing Professional Development for Teachers of Science and Mathematics

The vintage consultant for designing powerful technology and arithmetic expert improvement programs! This extended variation of 1 of the main extensively stated assets within the box improvement for arithmetic and technological know-how educators demonstrates how you can layout specialist improvement stories for academics that bring about enhanced pupil studying.

Additional resources for Science and Technology

Example text

Download PDF sample

Rated 4.07 of 5 – based on 18 votes