... been the object ofthe exercise. My intention is to
give the reader an impression and understanding of changing human relations and the
long-term and far-reaching consequences thereof for human society. ... less come to them. However, the movement
of these flocks would have to be restricted—most probably with the aid of dogs—in orde
r
to stop them consuming the best ofthe grain, and their numbers ... greatly
marginalised, there was another important and alternative way of life that evolved
alongside agriculture which involved neither the drudgery of tilling the land nor the
harvesting of crops. While the spread...
... that ropes A
and C were the two ends ofthe same rope
and B and D were two ends of another
rope. Karen had A and B as ends of the
same rope and C and D as ends of another
rope, and her explanation ... informed not only by the beauty and
majesty ofthe heavens, but by a deeper
understanding ofnatureand by an appreci-
ation ofthe power ofthe human intellect.
This triumph ofthe human mind says ... biological evolution and the
natureand history of science.
• Chapter 5, “Frequently Asked Questions
About Evolution andtheNatureof Science, ”
gives short answers to some ofthe questions
asked...
... to
show the relative positions and movements
of the sun, planets, and moon as they cir-
cled the earth. As the center ofthe uni-
verse, the earth was a sphere in the center
of the orrery. The other ... that ropes A
and C were the two ends ofthe same rope
and B and D were two ends of another
rope. Karen had A and B as ends of the
same rope and C and D as ends of another
rope, and her explanation ... informed not only by the beauty and
majesty ofthe heavens, but by a deeper
understanding ofnatureand by an appreci-
ation ofthe power ofthe human intellect.
This triumph ofthe human mind says...
... between the two offshore islands andthe mainland. As part of
that expansion ofthe mini-three links, the Taiwanese government also
expanded the list of products that the offshore islands can ... total of
152,438 passenger trips between the offshore islands and Fujian
Province, including 144,234 from the offshore islands to the mainland,
and 8,200 from the mainland to the offshore islands ... NSRD conducts research and analysis
for the Office ofthe Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified
Commands, the defense agencies, the Department ofthe Navy, the U.S.
intelligence community,...
... Proximity ofthe Atlantic or the Mediterranean
coastlines, of allogen rivers or of Lake Chad, constitute yet other factors of
differentiation, while thenatureofthe soil (whether it is rocky or sandy) ... deposited along the
bedding planes ofthe sandstone bedrock as a consequence ofthe recharge of the
hydrographic net inside the mountain and they implicate a high precipitation rate.
A number of U/Th ... (Fedoroff and Courty, 1989; Cremaschi and Trombino, 1998).
According to the stratigraphic sequence of Uan Afuda, in which this type of soil
was observed at the top of Unit 3, the development of the...
... Pinch and Wiebe Bijker’s (1987) transfer of concepts from the study of science
to the study of technology, under the title “social construction oftechnology
(SCOT), argued that the success of ... How the
Sociology ofScienceandthe Sociology ofTechnology Might Benefit Each Other,” in Wiebe E. Bijker,
Science andTechnology Studies and an Engaged Program 29
given way to a constellation of ... between
the more “theoretical” andthe more “activist” sides to STS, but there are plenty of
ScienceandTechnology Studies and an Engaged Program 19
Technical decisions are the focus of Collins and...
... the
democratization ofscienceandtechnology come to the fore.
THE LANGUAGE OF STS ANDTHE LANGUAGE OF POLICY
The broad context ofthe crisis of representation, andthe question of whether insti-
tutional ... both elicit, they are rendered comparable by the process of time to which
they both submit.
The great virtue ofthe innovative directors and designers ofthe gallery, on the top
floor ofthe Museum, ... British government’s Of ce ofScience and
Innovation, part ofthe Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), emphasizes the shift
from the older PUS (Public Understanding of Science) model to a new...