Dr.-Ing. KARL STEPHAN, University of Stuttgart, examined the significance of the assessment of the consequences of technology for the professional activities of the engineer. In this issue we publish extracts from his lecture.doi:10.1002/cite.330690103Stephan, Karl...
Since the time of Descartes science has been influenced by the demand for precision and accuracy in research. In the 20th century also humanities began to submit to this demand. The term precision itself has a far-reaching and historically grown semantics. As a consequence of the attempt...