Ad Agosto era uscita un'intervista con l'autore nella serie TechNation della NPR http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail4226.html David Orban skype, twitter, linkedin, sl, etc: davidorban On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 9:20 PM, J.C. DE MARTIN <demartin@polito.it> wrote:
October 20, 2009 Books on Science
Rethinking What Leads the Way: Science, or New Technology?
By JOHN MARKOFF
Consider what the state of science would be without the microscope, the telescope, or a more recent technical advance like automated DNA sequencing.
There would still be science, rooted in human perception and reason. But it would be far less potent than modern science, which has technologically expanded the senses, and with computers, the intellect, to explore and decipher reality, from the universe itself to the most elusive subatomic particle. Higgs bosons, anyone?
The popular view is that technology is the handmaiden of science — less pure, more commercial. But in “The Nature of Technology: What It Is and How It Evolves,” W. Brian Arthur, an economist, reframes the relationship between science and technology as part of an effort to come up with a comprehensive theory of innovation. In Dr. Arthur’s view, the relationship between science and technology is more symbiotic than is generally conceded. Science and technology move forward together in a kind of co-evolution. And science does not lead.
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Continua qui: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/science/20books.html
juan carlos
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