Insatiable curiosity : innovation in a fragile future /

An influential scholar in science studies argues that innovation tames the insatiable and limitless curiosity driving science, and that society's acute ambivalence about this is an inevitable legacy of modernity.Curiosity is the main driving force behind scientific activity. Scientific curiosit...

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Main Author:	Nowotny, Helga
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, ©2008.
Series:	Inside technology
Subjects:	Science > Social aspects. Technology > Social aspects. Science > Technological innovations. Technological innovations. Curiosity. Creative ability in science. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book