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Technology is the making, modification, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems, methods of organization, in order to solve a problem, improve a preexisting solution to a problem, achieve a goal, handle an applied input/output relation or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, modifications, arrangements and procedures. Technologies significantly affect human as well as other animal species' ability to control and adapt to their natural environments. The word technology comes from Greek τεχνολογία (technología); from τέχνη (téchnē), meaning "art, skill, craft", and -λογία (-logía), meaning "study of-".[1] The term. | http catalog TEACHING ABOUT EVOLUTION AND THE NATURE OF SCIENCE NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS Washington DC Copyright 2004 National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Unless otherwise indicated all materials in this PDF File provided by the National Academies Press for research purposes are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Distribution posting or copying is strictly prohibited without written permission of the NAP. Generated for marcio_andrei@ on Sat Oct 9 17 18 26 2004 http catalog ii NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS 2101 Constitution Avenue NW Washington DC 20418 The National Academy of Sciences is a private nonprofit self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863 the Academy has a mandate that requires it to advise the federal government on scientific and technical matters. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Teaching about evolution and the nature of science Working Group on Teaching Evolution National Academy of Sciences . p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-309-06364-7 pbk. 1. Evolution Biology Study and teaching. 2. Science Study and teaching. I. National Academy of Sciences . . Working Group on Teaching Evolution. 1998 071 dc21 98-16100 CIP Printed in the United States of America Copyright 1998 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science is available for sale from the National Academy Press 2101 Constitution Avenue NW Box 285 Washington DC 20055. Call 1-800-624-6242 or 202-334-3313 in the Washington Metropolitan Area . The report is also available online at readingroom books evolution98 Copyright 2004 National Academy of .