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Discovery, Innovation, and Risk: Case Studies in Science and Technology by Newton H. Copp, Andrew W. Zanella (Paperback, 1992)

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How do scientific principles work in the real world? Discovery, Innovation and Risk presents brief descriptions of selected scientific principles in the context of interesting technological examples to illustrate the complex interplay among science, engineering and society. An understanding of scientific principles is developed through the technology rather than in isolation from it. Drawn from significant contributions to modern culture that arose during the Second Industrial Revolution, examples depict events in each of the major divisions of engineering, touch on key principles in physics, chemistry and biology, and introduce the important concept of risk. Case studies in the first section emphasize technological developments growing directly from scientific discoveries. These cases include telegraphy and the origin of telecommunications as an application of discoveries in electromagnetism, hydroelectric power as an outgrowth of Faraday's work in electromagnetic induction, and the airplane as a product of the Wright brothers' scientific approach to an engineering problem. Case studies in the second section show that technological innovation can proceed without a full understanding of the underlying science, as in the development of steam power for use in electric power plants, the production of gasoline from crude oil, and the development of prestressed concrete for use in building bridges. The fact that new technological developments often bring risks is amply illustrated in the third section by case studies on vaccines, the greenhouse effect, and atomic power.

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MIT Press Ltd
ISBN-13
9780262531115
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96492279

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Author
Newton H. Copp, Andrew w. Zanella
Publication Name
Discovery, Innovation, and Risk: Case Studies in Science and Technology
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Engineering & Technology, Science
Publication Year
1992
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
437 Pages

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229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
748g

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Andrew w. Zanella, Newton H. Copp
Series Title
New Liberal Arts
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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