Discuss the below in detail:
Chapter explores key forces that cause the development of technologies.
1. What are the different features of "Market Driven" economy and "Centrally Planned" economy? Research a video story on Centrally Planned economy vs. Market Driven economy.
2. What is social constructivism according to Thomas Hughes?
3. What are some examples Volti used to support technology advance is a result of slow but steady incremental changes? Can you cite other examples?
4. Discuss the lesson you learned from the Penicillin story.
5. Cite examples that technology in one area is often stimulated by the emergence of new technologies in different but related areas?
6. How to understand that technology is pushed by a variety of forces, but it also has to be pulled by effective demand?
7. Why did the president of IBM think that there would be no commercial market for computers?
8. What are the noneconomic sources of technological advance? Use some examples to illustrate this point.
Chapter addresses the relations between science and technology.
1. Why science does not always play a decisive role in the development of technology?
2. Why sometimes technology was separated from science?
3. Discuss if the scientific knowledge is the primary basis of technology development?
4. What were key findings of the TRACES project and the Hind Sight projects? Research a video story on such project.
6. Cite some examples how does technology stimulate scientific discovery?
7. What are the commonalities of science and technology?
8. Why did Volti say Fleming had acted as a "Translator between science and technology?