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History of Science and tech

Running head : HISTORY OF SCIENCE , TECHNOLOGY , SOCIETY , AND NATURE /ENVIRONMENT

History of science , technology , society , and nature /environment

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History of science , technology , society , and nature /environment

Thomas Hughes is a symbol of technological advancement in relation to evolving scientific facts , environment and social . He was initially trained as an Engineer and showed that technology consists of systems and not merely artefacts .This systems embodies social aspects as well as technological aspects . This led to the social construction of the technological system . He offers a means to

look at the relations that exists between the society , technological advancements and the environment . Hughes looks at technology as a means by which changes in the society may be effected in relation to science , he also give room to the idea that the distribution of technology may not bring about a revolution in the social and science systems

A number of scholars have various expressed ideas towards the aspect of technological determinism in relation to technological system Marx in 1994 supported the idea that technological determinism is the force that tends to drives history . The French scholar Jacques Ellul alludes that technology is the most powerful force in modern science and is beyond the control of humans . Other scholars reject this fact and claim that the distribution of technology is determined by the social changes that are present in the society and not the vice versa . Hughes adapts a middle ground by looking at the technological systems in the society which...

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