| Description |
xvii, 379 pages : illustrations, 1port. ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Evolutionary thinking. Evolutionary models for technological change / John Ziman ; Biological evolution : processes and phenomena / Eva Jablonka and John Ziman ; Lamarckian inheritance systems in biology : a source of metaphors and models in technological evolution / Eva Jablonka ; Selectionism and complexity / John Ziman ; Evolutionary phenomena in technological change / Joel Mokyr ; Selection criteria and selection processes in cultural evolution theories / Richard Nelson -- Innovation as a cultural practice. Technological evolution and involution : a preliminary comparison of Europe and Japan / Alan MacFarlane and Sarah Harrison ; Stasis in complex artefacts / Gerry Martin -- Gothic tales of spandrels, hooks and monsters : complexity, multiplicity and association in the explanation of technological change / David Turnbull ; Path dependence and varieties of learning in the evolution of technological practice / Paul A. David -- Invention as a process. Invention and evolution : the case of Edison's sketches of the telephone / W. Bernard Carlson ; The evolution of adaptive form / David Perkins ; Real-world variation-selection in the evolution of technological form : historical examples / Walter G. Vincenti ; Learning to be inventive : design, evaluation and selection in primary school technology / Joan Solomon ; Technological evolution as self-fulfilling prophecy / Geoffrey Miller -- Institutionalized innovation. Recursive practice and the evolution of technological knowledge / Edward Constant ; The concept of 'design space' / Rikard Stankiewicz ; Artefact <-> activity : the coevolution of artefacts, knowledge and organization in technological innovation / James Fleck ; The organization of innovative enterprises / Gerard Fairtlough -- Technological change in a wider perspective. The evolution of war and technology / Edward Constant ; Learning about technology in society : developing liberating literacy / Janet Davies Burns ; An end-word / all contributors |
| Notes |
"On behalf of the Epistemology Group." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Evolution (Biology)
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Inventions -- History.
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Technological innovations -- Social aspects.
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Technology -- History.
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| Author |
Ziman, J. M. (John M.), 1925-2005.
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| LC no. |
99015474 |
| ISBN |
0521623618 |
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