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ISBN: | 9780080518657 0080518656 9780122210907 0122210905
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
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Summary: | A number of factors, from soaring fuel prices to genetically modified agricultural products, have greatly refocused worldwide attention on the interrelationship between technology and society and the necessity for sustainable engineering and business practices. Technology, Humans, and Society focuses on building a model for business and engineering that will lead to a sustainable world. The challenge for engineering is to develop new technologies that enable economic growth and do not deplete irreplaceable resources and destroy ecological systems. No longer solely the domain of environmentalis.
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Other form: | Print version: Dorf, Richard C. Technology, humans, and society. San Diego : Academic Press, ©2001 0122210905 9780122210907
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