TRADEOFFS Imperatives of Choice in a High-Tech World

Wenk, Edward

ISBN 10: 0801839424 / ISBN 13: 9780801839429

Published by Johns Hopkins Univ Press, Baltimore, MD, 1989

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238 pp., Blk Illus Paperback, VG, 1st PB ed.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: TRADEOFFS Imperatives of Choice in a High-Tech World
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Press, Baltimore, MD
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801839424
• ISBN 13: 9780801839429
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • sociology

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Synopsis

Examines the social, economic, and ecological impacts of technology, discussing how decision-making should weigh future costs against current benefits and demanding that the consequences of these decisions be made public

From Library Journal

Wenk discusses the costs and benefits of technological progress, beginning with the invention of the steam engine. He examines the influence of the government in bringing about technological milestones. His interesting analysis of the risks/benefits in new technologies addresses such tradeoffs as waste products of nuclear power. Wenk served on science policy advisory bodies under Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon. His treatment of the topic is at a very scholarly level, and he provides footnotes and recommended readings. Recommended for university and research collections. Mary Greene Havener, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, Mass.
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