Technology & Engineering Social Aspects
Emerging Technologies
From Hindsight to Foresight
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- May 2009
- Category
- Social Aspects, General, History, General
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774858656
- Publish Date
- May 2009
- List Price
- $99.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774815499
- Publish Date
- Jul 2009
- List Price
- $34.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774815482
- Publish Date
- Dec 2008
- List Price
- $95.00
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Description
How should we think about these radical technologies? Too often our social reactions to new technologies occur only in hindsight, after a technology has penetrated the marketplace. However, recent experience teaches that much may be gained by practising forethought and foresight. Emerging Technologies addresses the ethical, legal, and social dimensions of emerging technologies and assesses their social and policy implications. Contributors examine the development, impact, and governance of new technologies emerging from a variety of fields, including biotechnology, genetics, stem cell research, pharmacology, and nanotechnology.
About the author
Contributor Notes
Edna F. Einsiedel is a professor of Communication Studies at the University of Calgary.
Contributors: Benjamin R. Bates, Tania Bubela, Michael Burgess, Timothy Caulfield, Edna F. Einsiedel, Rose Geransar, William Hallman, Susanna Hornig Priest, Holly Longstaff, Ed Levy, Emily Marden, Chika B. Onwuekwe, Vural Ozdemir, Peter W.B. Phillips, Lorraine Sheremeta, Patrick A. Stewart, Stuart Smyth, James Tansey, Paul B. Thompson, Jacopo Torriti, Michele Veeman, and Bryn Williams-Jones