This introduction to technology assessment (TA) starts with real societal issues related to technology, its impacts, and technification. The author outlines the expectations placed on TA and what it can actually deliver. He discusses the institutions and concepts of research and consulting, describes the craft of TA with its methods, procedures, and disciplinary connections, reflects on the achievements of TA through exemplary fields of practice, and discusses its limitations and perspectives, including critical viewpoints. The first edition from 2002 was praised by the Sociological Review as a carefully designed and comprehensive book for introducing TA, addressing all relevant topics in a highly balanced manner. Eight years later, Grunwald presents a significantly revised new edition that takes into account the dynamic developments in the societal context of TA and its conceptual-theoretical as well as methodical-practical approaches. The volume is largely restructured and rephrased, with numerous aspects and sections added, and current developments and research findings included.