Society and Technological Change

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Summary: INCREDIBLE
Review: As a student of philosophy, this book is fantastic. Volti's intelligent perspective on technology and its affect on society is breathtaking. Furthermore, his style is unique and fun to read, leaving no room for misunderstandings. Volti is a professor of Science, Technology, and Society at the highly esteemed Pitzer College in California. I highly recomend reading this book, Volti's insight will change your life.

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Summary: Superb integration of thinking on the subject
Review: I use Rudi Volti's book in course I teach and find his engaging writing style, passion for the subject and well research material invaluable. The university students like it too!

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Summary: It's going to be perfect for my class
Review: I'm going to build a class around this book next fall. This book will be perfect for my freshman-level "Technology and Society" class. I found the book very interesting and I think my class will too.

The book is well researched and well written. Some may argue that the book lacks depth, but for my purposes, I appreciate the book's breadth versus depth compromise. I was wonderfully pleased to find a book that actually met the expectations I formed as a I perused its table of contents.

It is true that the book could be organized differently, but I didn't find the current organization to be as poor as the previous reviewer did.

Once again, the book is perfect for my purposes and I was thrilled to find it.

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Summary: It's going to be perfect for my class
Review: I'm going to build a class around this book next fall. This book will be perfect for my freshman-level "Technology and Society" class. I found the book very interesting and I think my class will too.

The book is well researched and well written. Some may argue that the book lacks depth, but for my purposes, I appreciate the book's breadth versus depth compromise. I was wonderfully pleased to find a book that actually met the expectations I formed as a I perused its table of contents.

It is true that the book could be organized differently, but I didn't find the current organization to be as poor as the previous reviewer did.

Once again, the book is perfect for my purposes and I was thrilled to find it.

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Summary: It's going to be perfect for my class
Review: I'm going to build a class around this book next fall. This book will be perfect for my freshman-level "Technology and Society" class. I found the book very interesting and I think my class will too.

The book is well researched and well written. Some may argue that the book lacks depth, but for my purposes, I appreciate the book's breadth versus depth compromise. I was wonderfully pleased to find a book that actually met the expectations I formed as a I perused its table of contents.

It is true that the book could be organized differently, but I didn't find the current organization to be as poor as the previous reviewer did.

Once again, the book is perfect for my purposes and I was thrilled to find it.

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Summary: Please to reorganize book this
Review: Society and Technological Change is a respectable effort to present the issues relating to technology's impact on society. The information is sound and the research is reliable. But some important ideas are neglected--there is little about social construction of technology--and many ideas are confusingly overanalyzed as Mr. Volti argues various points of view. But the main shortcoming of this textbook is that it is in need of reorganization. Throughout, the reader wonders why this or that idea was not presented with earlier related notions. Mr. Volti should be commended for his scholarship and chided for his editorial choices.

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Summary: VERY BORING BOOK
Review: This book is extremely boring! I had a class -Society and Technology where I had to read this book and I love reading but to finish one chapter of the book was hell! no kidding.
I don't know why teachers pick such boring books to educate students...we simply loose interest!

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Summary: VERY BORING BOOK
Review: Volti brings to life the wonderous oft-forgotten connection between people and the things they make. This book explores how society has influences technology, and how technology has influenced society.

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Summary: Great text for education or pleasue
Review: Volti brings to life the wonderous oft-forgotten connection between people and the things they make. This book explores how society has influences technology, and how technology has influenced society.