ISBN:
0313341648
,
9780313341649
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (2 v. (xxx, 564 p.))
,
27 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Battleground
Parallel Title:
Print version Science and Technology : [Two Volumes]
DDC:
303.48/3
Keywords:
Science Encyclopedias Social aspects
;
Science Encyclopedias
;
Science Encyclopedias Technological innovations
;
Environmental aspects
Abstract:
The modern world is filled with debate and controversy, and science and technology - the most characteristic features of the modern world - are not immune. Science and technology are implicated in many if not all of the issues, troubles, and problems students are likely to come across in their classes and in their everyday lives. Science and technology serve as a primary pathway to understanding front page headlines on everything from war to AIDS, and from oil exploration to global warming. Battleground: Science and Technology examines the most hot-button issues involving science and technolog
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Guide to Related Topics; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Entries; Bibliography; About the Editors and Contributors; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 521-539) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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