Ebook: Science, Technology and the Human Prospect: Proceedings of the Edison Centennial Symposium

Front Cover ; Science, Technology and the Human Prospect; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents; Foreword; OBSERVING THE CENTENNIAL OF LIGHT; Introduction; THE GROWTH OF LIMITS; Part I: Judging the Costs and Benefits of Technology; Chapter 1. Phases of Creativity in Science and Technology ; GREECE AND HELLAS: THE THINKERS; ANCIENT, NONINVENTIVE, CHINA; ROME: THE ENGINEERS; THE PLODDING PROGRESS OF THE DARK AGES; THE RENAISSANCE: SCIENCE REDISCOVERED; EUROPEAN SCIENCE: THEORIES AND EXPERIMENTS; THE GOLDEN AGE OF INVENTIONS; CREATIVITY IN SCIENCE; ALL THE SCIENCE'S MEN.;Science, Technology and the Human Prospect presents the technical and industrial development that has significantly altered the human life. This book examines the positive and negative aspects of material development and its relation to the values of life. Organized into three parts encompassing 18 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the innovative process, including the development, invention, and commercial introduction of products and services. This text then examines the determinants of economic growth and the relationship between research and development (R & D) and the.