ENVS 5110
Science, Technology, and Society (STS) Studies
Classic STS
Two Beginnings
- Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson (1962)
Chapters: 1, 2, and 17
- The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, by Thomas Kuhn (1962, 1970)
Chapters: I, II, and Postscript
Supporting Cast
- C.P. Snow (1905-1980) Two Cultures
The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution (1959): Complete text
- Jacques Ellul (1912-1994) Characterology of Technology, General Information
The Technological Society (1964; French original 1954)
Chapter 2: The Characterology of Technique
- E.F. Schumacher (1911-1977)
Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered (1973)
Part 1, Sections 4 and 5: Buddhist Economics and A Question of Size
- Ivan Illich (1912-2002)
Deschooling Society (1971)
Chapter 7: Rebirth of Epimethean Man
- Tools for Conviviality (1973)
Introduction and Chapter 1: Two Watersheds
