Technical Knowledge in American Culture – Science, Technology and Medicine Sinc…

Technical Knowledge in American CultureScience, Technology and Medicine Since the Early 1800s\nAuthor(s): Hamilton Cravens, etc., Alan I. Marcus, David M. Karzman\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of Alabama Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Alabama Press\nISBN-13: 9780817307936, 978-0817307936\nSynopsis\nThis text addresses the relationship between what modern-day experts say to each other and to their constituencies and whether what they say and do relates to the larger culture and society. It challenges the social impact model by looking at science and technology as intellectual activities.