NATS 1775 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill, Natural Philosophy, Determinism
25 Dec 2017
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Technology as process: reason behind technological development ( why are technologies created in the first place) Technology as a socio-technical system: interaction between humans and objects. Technology is moving behind the physical and behind the objects. The term technology can be found as early as the 17th century; used to describe the study of industrial arts. The term technology was only popularized after wwii but use of technology ( or material) items can be traced to almost 2 million years ago. Prior to this, alternative terms to technology were practical arts , applied science or. Breaking down the term: teks is an indo-european root word meaning to fabricate or weave; in. Greek, tekton refers to carpenter or builders and tekhne to art, craft, or skill. Rethinking technological success and failure and revolutionary technologies . Technology is not just about focusing on particular revolutionary technologies or.
