Science and Technology from Global and Historical Perspectives

Bahattin Karagözoğlu (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XIII, 232 Seiten

2018 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-85009-2 (ISBN)

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This book provides science and technology ethos to a literate person. It starts with a rather detailed treatment of basic concepts in human values, educational status and domains of education, development of science and technology and their contributions to the welfare of society. It describes ways and means of scientific progresses and technological advancements with their historical perspectives including scientific viewpoints of contributing scientists and technologists. The technical, social, and cultural dimensions are surveyed in relation to acquisition and application of science, and advantages and hindrances of technological developments. Science and Technology is currently taught as a college course in many universities with the intention to introduce topics from a global historical perspective so that the reader shall stretch his/her vision by mapping the past to the future. The book can also serve as a primary reference for such courses.

Bahattin Karagözoglu received his BSc and MSc from the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Turkey, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Division in 1972 and 1974 respectively. He got his PhD from University of Strathclyde (Glasgow - Scotland) in Biomedical Engineering in 1977 and he specialized in long-term ambulatory patient monitoring. He worked for Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey from 1979 to 1983. He joined King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1983 and worked there till 2012. He served at various levels as a teacher of several electrical and biomedical engineering courses, and was the coordinator of the Biomedical Engineering Program and accreditation (ABET) champion for four academic programs in the Department. He served in Istanbul Medeniyet University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering upon his return to Turkey in 2012. He assumed various academic and administration responsibilities including the acting dean of the faculty till his retirement in September 2015. He joined afterward Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif (Foundation) University in Turkey, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering in October 2015 as a Professor and currently he is chairing the Department.

Definitions and terminologies.- Foundation of science.- Way of inquiring scientific knowledge.- Project planning: an essential procedure needed for a successful project work.- Technology.- Contribution of muslim scientist to technology.- Brief history of western modernization.- technology and its aftermath.

Erscheinungsdatum	05.03.2022
Zusatzinfo	XIII, 232 p. 59 illus., 49 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	385 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
Themenwelt	Technik
Schlagworte	Agricultural Advancements • Anatolian Seljuk's • Anatolian Seljuk’s • Educational technology • Engineering Education • Foundations of science • Fundamentals of Time Management • History of Islamic Science in Spain • History of Science and Technology • Ibn Al-Haytham (Alhazen) and Optics • Ibn Sina (Avicenna) • knowledge management • Observational Methods • Overseas Expeditions and Slave Trade • Principles of Technology Development • Science in Islamic civilization • Technological systems • Technology and Environment • Technology Education • transfer of technology • Value the Time
ISBN-10	3-319-85009-1 / 3319850091
ISBN-13	978-3-319-85009-2 / 9783319850092
Zustand	Neuware