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  • 1
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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781107043176 , 1107043174
    Language: English
    Pages: XII, 246 S. , Ill., graph. Darst.
    Uniform Title: Essays. Selections
    DDC: 303.483
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    Keywords: Science Social aspects ; SCIENCE / Physics ; Science Social aspects ; Science Social aspects ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Naturwissenschaften ; Wissenschaftsethik ; Gesellschaft ; Naturwissenschaften ; Wissenschaftsethik ; Gesellschaft
    Abstract: "Does science have limits? Where does order come from? Can we understand consciousness? Written by Nobel Laureate Leon N. Cooper, this book places pressing scientific questions in the broader context of how they relate to human experience. Widely considered to be a highly original thinker, Cooper has written and given talks on a large variety of subjects, ranging from the relationship between art and science, possible limits of science, to the relevance of the Turing Test. These essays and talks have been brought together for the first time in this fascinating book, giving readers an opportunity to experience Cooper's unique perspective on a range of subjects. Tackling a diverse spectrum of topics, from the conflict of faith and science to whether understanding neural networks could lead to machines that think like humans, this book will captivate anyone interested in the interaction of science with society"--
    Description / Table of Contents: Machine generated contents note: Part I. Science and Society: 1. Science and human experience; 2. Does science undermine our values?; 3. Can science serve mankind?; 4. Modern science and contemporary discomfort: metaphor and reality; 5. Faith and science; 6. Art and science; 7. Fraud in science; 8. Why study science? The keys to the cathedral; 9. Is evolution a theory? A modest proposal; 10. The silence of the second; 11. Introduction to Copenhagen; 12. The unpaid debt; Part II. Thought and Consciousness: 13. Source and limits of human intellect; 14. Neural networks; 15. Thought and mental experience: the Turing test; 16. Mind as machine: will we rubbish human experience?; 17. Memory and memories: a physicist's approach to the brain; 18. On the problem of consciousness; Part III. On the Nature and Limits of Science: 19. What is a good theory?; 20. Shall we deconstruct science?; 21. Visible and invisible in physical theory; 22. Experience and order; 23. The language of physics; 24. The structure of space; 25. Superconductivity and other insoluble problems; 26. From gravity to light and consciousness: does science have limits?.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 2
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    Book
    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 0521453941 , 9780521453943 , 0521558948 , 9780521558945
    Language: English
    Pages: xxi, 501 Seiten , Illustrationen
    DDC: 508.09
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    Keywords: Geschichte ; Geschichte 1600-1900 ; Naturgeschichte ; Naturwissenschaften ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Naturgeschichte ; Geschichte 1600-1900 ; Naturwissenschaften ; Geschichte 1600-1900 ; Naturgeschichte ; Geschichte
    Note: Transferred to digital printing 2005. - Hier auch später erschienende, unveränderte Nachdrucke
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    Online Resource
    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9780511563706
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (xii, 422 pages)
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    DDC: 303.48/3
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    Keywords: Gesellschaft ; Technology assessment / Congresses ; Technology assessment / Europe / Congresses ; Nuclear energy / Social aspects / Congresses ; Information technology / Social aspects / Congresses ; Biotechnology / Social aspects / Congresses ; Neue Technologie ; Technik ; Kernenergie ; Informationstechnik ; Biotechnologie ; Risikoanalyse ; Widerstand ; Technikbewertung ; Europa ; Konferenzschrift ; Konferenzschrift ; Biotechnologie ; Technikbewertung ; Kernenergie ; Technikbewertung ; Technik ; Risikoanalyse ; Biotechnologie ; Widerstand ; Kernenergie ; Widerstand ; Neue Technologie ; Technikbewertung ; Informationstechnik ; Technikbewertung
    Abstract: This book compares resistance to technology across time, nations, and technologies. Three post-war examples - nuclear power, information technology, and biotechnology - are used in the analysis. The focus is on post-1945 Europe, with comparisons made with the USA, Japan, and Australia. Instead of assuming that resistance contributes to the failure of a technology, the main thesis of the book is that resistance is a constructive force in technological development, giving technology its particular shape in a particular context. Whilst many people still believe in the positive contribution made by science and technology, many have become sceptical. By exploring the idea that modernity creates effects that undermine its own foundations, forms and effects of resistance are explored in various contexts. The book presents a unique interdisciplinary study, including contributions from historians, sociologists, psychologists, and political scientists
    Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) , Resistance to new technology and its effects on nuclear power, information technology and biotechnology , The crisis of 'Progress' , Reinterpreting 'Luddism': resistance to new technology in the British Industrial Revolution , The changeability of public opinions about new technology: assimilation effects in attitude surveys , 'Technophobia': a misleading conception of resistance to new technology , Patterns of resistance to new technologies in Scandinavia: an historical perspective , Henry Ford's relationship to 'Fordism': ambiguity as a modality of technological resistance , Resistance to nuclear technology: optimists, opportunists and opposition in Australian nuclear history , New technology in Fleet Street, 1975-80 , The impact of resistance to biotechnology in Switzerland: a sociological view of the recent referendum , The politics of resistance to new technology: semiconductor diffusion in France and Japan until 1965 , User resistance to new interactive media: participants, processes and paradigms , The impact of anti-nuclear power movements in international comparison , In the engine of industry: regulators of biotechnology, 1970-86 , Product, process, or programme: three cultures and the regulation of biotechnology , Learning from Chernobyl for the fight against genetics? Stages and stimuli of German protest movements -- a comparative synopsis , Individual and institutional impacts upon press coverage of sciences: the case of nuclear power and genetic engineering in Germany , Forms of intrusion: comparing resistance to information technology and biotechnology in the USA , Towards a functional analysis of resistance
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