The Relationship between Science and Technology

In the modern world, the distinction between science and technology has become blurred, making it difficult to classify the work that resulted in the development of the atomic bomb, transistors, lasers, or the space programme as purely scientific or purely technological. Therefore, important questions exist concerning the relationship between science and technology: is technology dependent upon science, are technology and science fundamentally independent of one another, or are they interdependent in such a way that ideas and methods flow in both directions? These are the questions raised in this latest thematic collection of articles from the journal "Technology and Culture". In analyzing the dependent, independent, or interdependent theories on the relationship between science and technology, each section of this anthology explores the historical and philosophical causes for accepting such a paradigm as well as the social, political and institutional basis for that model.