A History of Technoscience: Erasing the Boundaries between Science and Technology

Are Science And Technology Independent Of One Another? Is Technology Dependent Upon Science, And If So, How Is It Dependent? Is Science Dependent Upon Technology, And If So How Is It Dependent? Or, Are Science And Technology Becoming So Interdependent That The Line Dividing Them Has Become Totally Erased? This Book Charts The History Of Technoscience From The Late Nineteenth Century To The End Of The Twentieth Century And Shows How The Military-industrial-academic Complex And Big Science Combined To Create New Examples Of Technoscience In Such Areas As The Nuclear Arms Race, The Space Race, The Digital Age, And The New Worlds Of Nanotechnology And Biotechnology. -- Publisher's Description Introduction: Relationships Between Science And Technology -- Part 1. The Roots Of Technoscience: From Science-based Industry To Industry-based Science ; Setting The Stage For The Military-industrial-academic Complex: World War I ; Setting The Stage For Big Science: The Interwar Period ; The Emergence Of The Military-industrial-academic Complex And Big Science: World War Ii -- Part 2. The Era Of Technoscience: The Nuclear Arms Race ; The Space Program ; Electronics ; Material Science ; Biotechnology -- Epilogue: The New World Of Technoscience. David F. Channell. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.