The engines of our ingenuity : an engineer looks at technology and culture /

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Millions of people have listened to John H. Lienhard's radio program "The Engines of Our Ingenuity." In this fascinating book, Lienhard gathers his reflections on the nature of technology, culture, and human inventiveness. The book brims with insightful observations. Lienhard writes t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lienhard, John H., 1930-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003, ©2000.
Temas:
Technology > Social aspects.
Creative ability in technology.
Créativité en technologie.
SCIENCE > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Social Aspects.
Creative ability in technology
Technology > Social aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Mirrored by our machines
  • God, the master craftsman
  • Looking inside the inventive mind
  • Common place
  • Science marries into the family
  • Industrial revolution
  • Inventing America
  • Taking flight
  • Attitudes and technological change
  • War and other ways to kill people
  • Major landmarks
  • Systems, design, and production
  • Heroic materialism
  • Who got there first
  • Ever-present dangers
  • Technology and literature
  • Being there.

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