Innovation is everywhere. In the world of goods (technology), but also in the world of words:
innovation is discussed in the scientific and technical literature, but also in the social …

In modern life, technology is everywhere. Yet as a concept, technology is a mess. In popular
discourse, technology is little more than the latest digital innovations. Scholars do little …

Benoît Godin is a Professor at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Montreal.
Models abound in science, technology, and society (STS) studies and in science …

Das Verhältnis von Wissenschaft und Praxis sowie die Frage, ob wissenschaftliche
Forschung gesellschaftlich relevant sei oder zumindest sein solle, ist ein Dauerthema der …

For some years now, the concept of basic research has been under attack. Yet although the
significance of the concept is in doubt, basic research continues to be used as an analytical …

Science in the Public Sphere presents a broad yet detailed picture of the history of science
popularization from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century. Global in focus, it provides …

Feeding France is the first comprehensive study of the French food industry in the decades
surrounding the French Revolution of 1789. Though the history of gastronomy and the …

How should we understand scientific progress? Kuhn famously discussed science as its
own internally driven venture, structured by paradigms. He also famously had a problem …

In Jane Addams's Evolutionary Theorizing, Marilyn Fischer advances the bold and original
claim that Addams's reasoning in her first book, Democracy and Social Ethics, is thoroughly …

Over the last several decades, many students of technology have tried to make sense of the
concept of technology and its origins. However, nothing similar exists in the literature on …