Discusses the many inventions and ideas of Muslims throughout history.
In the science, technology, and innovation (STI) literature, Africa has often been regarded as a recipient of science, technology, and innovation rather than a maker of them. In this book, scholars from a range of disciplines show that STI in Africa is not merely the product of …
In this work, Daniel Headrick traces the evolution of Western technologies and sheds light on the environmental and social factors that have brought victory in some cases and unforeseen defeat in others.
Heidegger-Fragmente: eine philosophische Biographie
Martin Heidegger ist einer der wichtigsten Philosophen des 20. Jahrhunderts, aber auch einer der umstrittensten. Nachdem die Publikation der »Schwarzen Hefte« seinen Antisemitismus offengelegt hat, schien Heidegger philosophisch erledigt zu sein. Doch so einfach kommen wir von s…
Today, an increasing number of historians are turning to the history of recent and contemporary science. When doing so, they are confronted with new and unfamiliar methodological and theoretical problems: How to handle the huge amounts of published and unpublished sources? Is it…
Today, an increasing number of historians are turning to the history of recent and contemporary science. When doing so, they are confronted with new and unfamiliar methodological and theoretical problems: How to handle the huge amounts of published and unpublished sources? Is it…
Technik und Gender: Technikzukünfte als geschlechtlich codierte Ordnu…
by Adam, Marie-Hélène, Adam, Marie-Hélène, Schneider-Özbek, Katrin, Özelt, Clemens, Drux, Rudolf, Baier, Angelika, Bertschik, Julia, Gerigk, Anja, Heller, Jakob Christoph, Hofmann, Hanna Maria, Küchler, Ulrike, Reichart, André, Seidler, Andreas
fromKarlsruher Studien Technik und Kultur / Hrsg.: G. Banse, A.…
Fiktionale Darstellungen von Technik scheinen von Geschlechterstereotypen bevölkert, die Klischees bedienen und auf der Opposition traditioneller, geschlechtlich assoziierter Merkmale basieren. So verkörpert Männlichkeit das technische Prinzip, während das Weibliche der Sphäre d…