2. DEFINITION
Dictionaries and scholars have offered a variety
of definitions.
• American sociologist Read Bain
• The Merriam-Webster dictionary
• Ursula Franklin, in her “Real World of
Technology”
• Bernard Stiegler, in “Technics and Time”
3. SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND
TECHNOLOGY
• Science is the reasoned investigation
• Engineering is the goal-oriented process
• Technology is often a consequence of science
and engineering
4. HISTORY
The use of tools by early humans was partly a
process of discovery, partly of evolution.
• Stone tools
• Fire
• Clothing and shelter