The history of technology begins even before the beginning of our own species. Submit an article. This journal. New content alerts RSS. The impact of technology and networks on our lives, culture, and society continues to increase. Citation search. Subscribe. Supported by the History Department of Drexel University. The very fact that you can take this course from anywhere in the world requires a technological infrastructure that was designed, engineered, and built over the past sixty years. The Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) was formed in 1958 to encourage the study of the development of technology and its relations with society and culture. Offered by University of Michigan. Citation search. History and Technology. CiteScore 2017: 0.32 . of History of Science and Technology website!

The main topic of the 26 th International Congress of History of Science and Technology will be: “Giants and Dwarfs in Science, Technology and Medicine”


An International Journal. The history of science and technology (HST) is a field of history which examines how understanding of the natural world (science) and ability to manipulate it have changed over the centuries.This academic discipline also studies the cultural, economic, and political impacts of scientific innovation. Sharp flakes of stone used as knives and larger unshaped stones used as hammers and anvils have been uncovered at Lake Turkana in Kenya. Current issue Browse list of issues Explore. Search in: Advanced search. We modern humans like to think of ourselves as master tool builders, but we inherited thousands of years of tool making technology from our ancestors.