Towards Scientific and Technological Independence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4989209 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Isebill V Gruhn (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-17 |
| Publication date | 1984-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022278x00056743 |
| OpenAlex | W2008230968 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
It is generally advisable to get a reasonably firm grasp of the past and present before attempting to achieve an approximate 'fix' on the future. Prognostications about the furture are always risky and especially so in reasonably unpredictable fields like science and technology, which can be demonstrated to have been congenitally immune to accurate predictions throughout history. Scientific and technological break-throughs have often, in the past, produced unanticipated changes, and they have frequently led to the solution of heretofore unresolvable problems. History gives us instances of communities which have taken advantage remarkably quickly of advances in science and technology, but it also shows us instances of societies which for one reason or another failed to adapt. And one might add that while some scientific and technological innovations take on global relevance, others have remained specific and have been circumscribed by time and place
Data science · Economics · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · GRASP · History of technology · Independence (probability theory) · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Positive economics · Relevance (law) · Scientific progress · Technological change · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Engineering · History · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 1986 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |