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Meaning in technology /

"In previous books Arnold Pacey has written about the role of ideas and ideals in the creation of technology, about the global history of technology, and about how the complex interaction of political, cultural, economic, and scientific influences determines the course of technological practice...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pacey, Arnold (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1999.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Dimensions of Experience
  • I. The Practitioner's Experience: Visual and Musical Fundamentals
  • 1. Music, Source of Technology?
  • 2. Visual Thinking
  • 3. Meaning in the Hands
  • 4. Social Meanings
  • II. Contexts of Technology: Nature, People, and Conflict
  • 5. The Sense of Place
  • 6. Exploration, Invention, and the Remaking of Nature
  • 7. Gender and Creativity
  • 8. Knowledge Pregnant with Evil
  • III. Conclusion: The Missed Opportunity?
  • 9. People-Centered Technology.