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Class: GEMS 103 Spring semester 2001 Plant Sciences Building (PLS) 1115 Section 0102: Tues. & Thurs., 4:00-5:15 Section 0202: Tues & Thurs, 5:30-6:45 |
Instructor: Dr. David B. Sicilia Office: Key Hall 2101-J Office Phone: 301-405-7778 Office Hours: Tues. & Thurs. 9:30-11:00; and by appointment E-mail: ds190@umail.umd.edu |
This module of GEMS103 offers historical perspective on technological innovation. Among the key questions we will consider are: Why does innovation happen? How does technology spread? Why do some technologies evolve to become large systems? Are such systems inevitable? Why did technology come under attack after World War II? In what sense is America a ñtechnological societyî? How have leading historians of technology thought about these questions?
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