1. Lapp, R. E., 1965, The New Priesthood: The Scientific Elite and the Uses of Power, p. 29, Harper & Row, New York.
2. In this essay science, whether basic or applied, is defined as an information function. Technology, on the other hand, is conceived as the development and social use of scientific information. In practice it is not always possible to draw a clear line between science and technology. See U.S. Congress, House, Committee on Science and Astronautics, 1972, “Science Policy: A Working Glossary/’ Prepared for the Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development by the Science Policy Research Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., p. 53.
3. U.S. Congress, House, Committee on Science and Astronautics, 1966, “Inquiries, Legislation, Policy Studies Re: Science and Technology,” Second Progress Report of the Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development, 89th Congress, second session, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., pp. 27–28. Mr. Philip B. Yeager, Counsel to the Subcommittee, is generally given credit for having coined the term technology assessment.
4. The most important works on TA are the following: (A) Four reports to the Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics: (1) Science Policy Research Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress,Technical Information for Congress (April 25,1969; revised, April 15, 1971); (2) National Academy of Sciences, Technology: Processes of Assessment and Choice (July, 1969); (3) Committee on Public Engineering Policy, National Academy of Engineering, A Study of Technology Assessment (July, 1969); (4) National Academy of Public Administration, A Technology Assessment System for the Executive Branch (July, 1970). (B) Two volumes of hearings before the same Subcommittee: (5) Technology Assessment [1969] and (6) Technology Assessment-1970. (C) Two books: (7) Bauer, R. A., 1969, Second-Order Consequences: A Methodological Essay on the Impact of Technology M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, Mass; (8) Kasper, Raphael G.,ed., 1972, Technology Assessment: Understanding the Social Consequences of Technological Applications Praeger, New York. (D) Two other studies: (9) Jones, M. V., et al 1971, A Technology Assessment Methodology (7 vols.), MITRE Corporation, Washington, D.C.; (10) Coates, V. T., 1972, Technology and Public Policy: The Process of Technology Assessment in the Federal Government (2 vols.), Program of Policy Studies in Science and Technology, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. The best and most comprehensive bibliographical essay on TA appears in the first issue of the journal Technology Assessment: Knezo, G. J., 1972, Technology assessment: A bibliographic review, Technology Assessment 1:62–83.
5. This quotation is taken from a descriptive brochure entitled The International Society for Technology Assessment. The American office of I.S.T. A. is located in Suite 5038,1629 K Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20006.