The Rightful Place of Science: Politics - Softcover

Guston, David; Sarewitz, Daniel; Crow, Michael; Frodeman, Robert; Mitcham, Carl

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9780615886701: The Rightful Place of Science: Politics

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ISBN 10: 0615886701 ISBN 13: 9780615886701

Publisher: Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes, 2013

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This volume gathers a collection of essays by thinkers who insist that scientific research and technological change cannot be understood separately from their sociopolitical contexts. Coming to terms with this reality allows for a much richer understanding of scientific and technological change. It also raises difficult questions about how we are to manage the growth of complexity, ambiguity, and potential for great gain and great harm alike caused by our expanding scientific knowledge and technological prowess. These essays present new perspectives and offer valuable insights into our very human commitment to discovery and creation.

The Rightful Place of Science is a book series published by Arizona State University’s Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes and edited by G. Pascal Zachary. In accessible, provocative volumes written by subject-area experts, the series explores the complex interactions among science, technology, politics, and society.

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About the Author:

Michael M. Crow has been the President of Arizona State University since 2002. He is co-founder of the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes. Prior to joining ASU, he was executive vice provost of Columbia University, where he also was Professor of Science and Technology Policy.

Robert Frodeman is Professor of Philosophy and founding director of the Center for the Study of Interdisciplinarity at University of North Texas. His work ranges across environmental philosophy, the philosophy of science and technology policy, and the philosophy of interdisciplinarity. Frodeman's Sustainable Knowledge (Palgrave) was published in 2013.

David H. Guston is Professor of Politics and Global Studies and Co-Director of the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes at Arizona State University. He is also the Principal Investigator and Director of the NSF-funded Center for Nanotechnology in Society at ASU. His book, Between Politics and Science (Cambridge U. Press, 2000) was awarded the 2002 Don K. Price Prize by the American Political Science Association for best book in science and technology policy.

Carl Mitcham is Professor of Liberal Arts and International Studies, Director of the Hennebach Program in the Humanities, and Co-Director of the Ethics Across Campus Program at the Colorado School of Mines. Publications include Thinking through Technology: The Path between Engineering and Philosophy (1994), and most recently Ethics and Science: An Introduction (with Adam Briggle, 2012).

Daniel Sarewitz is co-director of the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes, and Professor of Science and Society, at Arizona State University. His most recent book is The Techno-Human Condition (MIT Press, 2011, co-authored with Braden Allenby). He is also a regular columnist for Nature and the author of Frontiers of Illusion: Science, Technology and the Politics of Progress.

G. Pascal Zachary is the author of Endless Frontier: Vannevar Bush, Engineer of the American Century and Showstopper, about the making of a software program. He is a Professor of Practice in the Consortium for Science Policy and Outcomes and his articles on the politics of technology and science have appeared in the New York Times, Spectrum, Wired and other publications. Zachary is editor of The Rightful Place of Science series.

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