Table of contents : Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction, Les Levidow and Bob Young Marx as a Student of Technology, Nathan Rosenberg The Politics of Scientific Conceptualization, Norman Diamond The Taylorisation of Intellectual Work; Mike Cooley Life as a Productive Force: Capitalising the Science and Technology of Molecular Biology, Edward Yoxen Grunwick: The Social Contract Meets the 20th Century Sweatshop, Les Levidow Microelectronics: Five Areas of Subordination, Mike Duncan