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The sociology of science and technology.
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This article is published in British Journal of Sociology.The article was published on 1970-03-01. It has received 26 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Science, technology, society and environment education & Outline of social science.read more
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What motivates academic scientists to engage in research commercialization: ‘Gold’, ‘ribbon’ or ‘puzzle’?
TL;DR: For example, this paper found that those with traditional beliefs about the separation of science from commerce are more likely to be extrinsically motivated, using commercialization as a means to obtain resources to support their quest for the ''ribbon'' while those identify closely with entrepreneurial norms are intrinsically motivated by the autonomy and ''puzzle-solving'' involved in applied commercial research while also motivated by ''gold''.
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The Philosophical and Sociological Foundations of Science Education: The Demythologizing of School Science
J. J. Smolicz,E. E. Nunan +1 more
TL;DR: The Philosophical and Sociological Foundations of Science Education: The Demythologizing of School Science as mentioned in this paper is a collection of essays about the history of science education in the United States.
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The mobility of elite life scientists: Professional and personal determinants
TL;DR: Examination of the determinants of mobility of elite academics within the life sciences, including individual productivity measures and for the first time, measures of the peer environment and family factors suggest that elite scientists find it costly to disrupt the social networks of their children during adolescence and take these costs into account when making career decisions.
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The which-hunt: assembling health technologies for assessment and rationing.
TL;DR: This article examines technology assemblies found in several types of theoretical and applied rati oning exercises (including Oregon's Medicaid rationing process, economic evaluation literature, citizen "values" surveys, and Canadian provincial deinsurance policies) and identifies key conceptual conventions and problems.
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Distinguishing Engineers from Scientists-The Case for an Engineering Knowledge Community
TL;DR: In this paper, the differences between science and technology are discussed and the similarities and differences between engineers and scientists in terms of their information-seeking behavior are analyzed. But, they do not discuss the differences in knowledge production and use between engineering and science.