Technological innovation as an evolutionary process

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Ziman, J. M. (John M.), 1925 (-)
Formato: 991009667233306719
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press 2000
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • onté: 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
  • 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 and evolution: the case of Edison's sketches of the telephone / W. Bernard Carlson
  • The evolution of adaptative 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 / Geoeffrey Miller
  • 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
  • The evolution of war and technology / Edward Constant
  • Learning about technology in society: developing liberating literacy / Janet Davies Burns