Não havendo um único livro que possa ser adoptado como única leitura obrigatória, a "sebenta" do curso será constituída por uma selecção de artigos ou textos e apontamentos a disponibilizar aos alunos através da plataforma Moodle. No entanto, as seguintes obras de referência cobrem os aspectos fundamentais do curso: Bijker, Wiebe (1995), Of Bicycles, Bakelites and Bulbs: Toward a Theory of Sociological Change, Cambridge, MIT Press. Edgerton, David (2006), The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History since 1900, London, Profile Books. Hard, Mikael:
Jamison, Andrew (2005), Hubris and Hybrids: A Cultural History of Technology and Science, London and New York, Routledge. Hughes, Thomas P. (2004), Human-Built World: How to Think about Technology and Culture, Chicago, University of Chicago Press. MacKenzie, Donald:
Wajcman, Judy (eds.) (1990), The Social Shaping of Technology, Milton Keynes, Open University Press. Nye, David (2006), Technology Matters: Questions to Live With, Cambridge, MIT Press. Schwartz-Cowan, Ruth (1983), More Work for Mother: the Ironies of Household Technology from the Open Hearth to the Microwave, New York, Basic Books. Wajcman, Judy (1991), Feminism Confronts Technology, Cambridge, Polity Press.: