Guide to the book -- Motivations for technology assessment -- Technology assessment in action -- Theory I : the assessment process -- Theory II : technology assessment in society -- Back to ta practice : lessons learned -- Perspectives.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. What Makes New Science and Technology Meaningful to Society? -- 1.1. Motivation and objectives -- 1.2. The need for orientation in NEST fields -- 1.3. Short propaedeutic -- 1.3.1. The meaning of "sociotechnical meaning" --...