Science, Technology And Society

Bauchspies (Pennsylvania State U.) and her co-authors provide an introductory overview for undergraduate or graduate students of the emergent interdisciplinary field of science, technology, and society studies and its implications for culture and society. Emphasizing the sociological sciences as the basis for the field, they cover its key issues including power and culture, race, gender, colonialism, the Internet, cyborgs and robots, and biotechnology. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Wenda K. Bauchspies is Assistant Professor of Science, Technology, and Society and Women’s Studies in the STS Program at Pennsylvania State University.

Jennifer Croissant is Associate Professor in the Department of Women’s Studies at the University of Arizona.

Sal Restivo is Professor of Sociology and Science Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is co-editor of Math Worlds: Philosophical and Social Studies of Mathematics (1992) and author of Science, Society, and Values: Toward a Sociology of Objectivity (1994).