Science, Technology, and Society: An EncyclopediaOxford University Press, 2005 - 701 pages Emphasizing an interdisciplinary and international coverage of the functions and effects of science and technology in society and culture, Science, Technology, and Society/B contains over 130 A to Z signed articles written by major scholars and experts from academic and scientific institutions and institutes worldwide. Each article is accompanied by a selected bibliography. Other features include extensive cross referencing throughout, a directory of contributors, and an extensive topical index. |
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Contents
AbortionAntiAbortion Conflict | 1 |
Agricultural Sciences | 2 |
Agriculture and Technology | 8 |
AIDS and Society | 13 |
Artificial Intelligence | 15 |
Atomic Age The | 18 |
Automobile The | 19 |
Bioengineering | 23 |
Medical Community The | 288 |
Medical Profession | 307 |
Medical Technologies | 311 |
Medical Values and Ethics | 318 |
Medicine Scientific | 323 |
Metrics of Science | 327 |
Military The and Technology | 332 |
Misconduct Scientific | 338 |
Biological Terrorism | 28 |
Biomedical Technologies | 30 |
Biotechnology | 34 |
Male Contraception | 40 |
Brain and Mind Sciences | 43 |
Chemical and Biological Sciences | 49 |
Clones and Cloning | 54 |
Communication in the Scientific Community | 55 |
Community and Technology | 61 |
Complementary and Alternative Medicine | 67 |
Computers | 73 |
Culture and Science | 76 |
Diseases Emerging | 81 |
Drugs and Society | 84 |
Economy The and Science | 87 |
Economy The and Technology | 93 |
Education and Science | 98 |
Education in the Sciences | 105 |
Education Philosophy and Science of | 112 |
Energy Systems | 119 |
Engineering Cultures | 124 |
Epistemic Cultures | 130 |
Family The and Science | 135 |
Gender and Globalization | 141 |
Gender Race and Class in Science | 146 |
Gender Race and Class in Technology | 151 |
Genetics and Genetic Engineering | 156 |
Genetics and Society | 162 |
Government and Science | 164 |
Government and Technology | 170 |
Grassroots Science | 175 |
Health Care Access to | 183 |
History of Science | 188 |
Human Subjects in Medical Experiments | 195 |
Humanities and Science | 201 |
Humanities and Technology | 206 |
Indigenous Knowledge | 213 |
Information Technology | 219 |
Institutional Relations in Science | 223 |
Internet The | 225 |
Invention in History and Culture | 230 |
Overview | 236 |
Knowledge Construction | 249 |
Law and Science | 255 |
Law and Technology | 260 |
Mathematics and Logic | 267 |
Media and Medicine | 272 |
Media and Science | 278 |
Media and Technology | 283 |
Museums | 343 |
Nature Concepts of | 351 |
Networks and LargeScale Technological Systems | 357 |
Pain and Culture | 363 |
Patients Medical Communication with | 368 |
Patients Rights | 374 |
Perspectives on Medicine and Society | 379 |
Perspectives on Technology and Society | 387 |
Pharmaceutical Anthropology | 395 |
Physics and Astronomy | 396 |
Political Economy of Health | 401 |
Politics Social Justice and the Environment | 406 |
Professional Responsibilities in Medical Research | 407 |
Professional Responsibilities in Scientific and Engineering Research | 414 |
Professions Occupations and Technical Roles in the Scientific Community | 420 |
Psychological Study of Science and Technology | 424 |
Public Understanding of Science | 430 |
Public Understanding of Technology | 436 |
Rain Forests | 443 |
Religion and Science | 444 |
Religion and Technology | 449 |
Replication | 456 |
Representation and Science | 458 |
Representation and Technology | 463 |
Risk | 474 |
Robots and Society | 476 |
Psychology of Science | 478 |
Science and Technology in the Age of Uncertainty | 481 |
Science in History | 484 |
Science Policy Development of | 543 |
Scientific Community | 550 |
Sex and the Body in Science | 562 |
Sex and the Body in Technology | 568 |
Social Sciences | 574 |
Social Studies of Science | 580 |
Sociology of Philosophy | 588 |
Sociology of Upper Limits | 589 |
Technological Systems | 591 |
Technology in Culture | 593 |
Global Perspective | 595 |
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Transportation Technologies | 641 |
Tuskegee Project The | 646 |
Women and Minorities in the Scientific Community | 649 |
Topical Outline of Articles | 657 |
List of Contributors | 661 |
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