A bridge between conceptual frameworks : sciences, society and technology studies /: sciences, society and technology studies. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Raffaele Pisano, editor.
• Editors: Pisano, Raffaele, 1970-
• Contents: FOREWORD: Science Streams and Engineering Practices, by Marco Ceccarelli -- PROLOGUE: What's Wrong with Science and Technology Studies? What Needs to Be Done to Put It Right?, by Nicholas Maxwell -- INTRODUCTION by the Editor: History of Science, Society and Technology Studies, by Raffaele Pisano -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REMARKS for the READER -- Electronics and Information Engineering: a New Approach to Modelling 1890{u2013}1950, by Chris Bissell -- Science{u2013}Technology Cross{u2013}Hybridization and its Role in the Crisis of the Scientific Method: an Historical Perspective, by Assunta Bonanno, Michele Camarca, Peppino Sapia -- How the Movie Camera Failed to Become Part of The Standard Astronomical Observational Toolkit (1895-1914), by Vitor Bonifacio -- Heart Matters. The Collaboration between Surgeons and Engineers in the Rise of Cardiac Surgery, by Luca Borghi -- Discovery of Electromagnetic Waves and their Impact on our Life{u2013}Style, by Mario Calamia, Giorgio Franceschetti, Alessandro Mori -- Interactions of Science, Technology and Medicine: the Electromagnetic Radiation during the 20th Century, by Yulia Petrovna Chukova -- On the History and Technology of the Atomic Bomb. The Commitment of the Scientists, by Vincenzo Cioci -- Tribology: A historical Overview of the Relation between Theory and Application, by Javier Echávarri, Eduardo de la Guerra, Enrique Chacón -- From Paper to Erected Walls: the Astronomical Observatory of Coimbra: 1772{u00AD}{u2013}1799, by Fernando Bandeira Figueiredo -- Jean Hellot and 18th Century Chemistry at the Service of the State, by Rémi Franckowiak -- Engineering Creativity: an Essay on Epistemological Analysis, by Elena Alexandrovna Gavrilina -- Galileós 2Technoscience3, by Vitaly Gorokhov -- Mathematical Language as a Bridge between Conceptualization of Motion and Experimental Practice, by Ladislav Kvasz -- {u2018}The Renaissance of Physics{u2019}: Karl K. Darrow (1891{u2013}1982) and the Dissemination of Quantum Mechanics at the Bell Telephone Laboratories, by Roberto Lalli -- The Historical Development of X{u2013}Ray Absorption Fine Spectroscopy and of its Applications to Materials Science, Annibale Mottana, Augusto Marcelli -- Mathematics and Technology at the University of Tartu, by Peeter Müürsepp -- Highlights of King Sejong{u2019}s Astronomical Project: Observatory Ganui-dae and Calendar Chiljeong-san, by Moon{u2013}hyon Nam, Il-Seong Nha -- Innovations on the Timekeeping Devices at King Sejong{u2019}s Observatory Ganui-dae, by Moon{u2013}hyon Nam -- Lazare Carnot and the Birth of Machines Science, by Agamenon Rodrigues Eufrásio de Oliveira -- On the History and Engineering of the Human Factor, by Dominique Pécaud -- The Emergencies of Mechanics and Thermodynamics in the Western Society during 18th-19th Century, by Raffaele Pisano, Paolo Bussotti -- A Critical Approach to Open Access Sources with a Focus on the History of Technology, by Birutė Railienė -- 2Method and Much Scientific Probity3: Hugo de Lacerda (1860-1944) and the Chair of Hydrography of the Lisbon Naval School (1897-1907), by Pedro Miguel Pinto Raposo -- Combinatorial Games and Machines, by Lisa Rougetet -- Development of New Steamships and History of the Shipping Industry in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816{u2013}1861), by Maria Sirago -- Unrealized Models of Tesla's Table Fountains From 1917, by Bratislav Stojiljković, Svetislav Lj. Marković -- The Design of Timber Trusses in Italy: from Empiricism to Structural Analysis, by Emanuele Zamperini -- A POINT OF VIEW: Science, Societies, Cultures and Their Evolutions, by Bertrand Bocquet -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Dordrecht New York : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 509; Science -- History; Engineering -- History; Technological innovations -- History; SCIENCE -- History; Engineering; Science; Technological innovations; Engineering & Applied Sciences; Chemical & Materials Engineering; Applied Mathematics; Materials Science; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789401796453; 9401796459
• Related ISBNs: 9789401796446; 9401796440
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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