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Men, Machines, and Modern Times /

People have had trouble adapting to new technology ever since (perhaps) the inventor of the wheel had to explain that a wheelbarrow could carry more than a person. This text describes how we learn to live and work with innovation. It considers, among other things, the three stages of users' res...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Morison, Elting Elmore (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2017.
Edición:50th anniversary edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introductory observations, personal and otherwise
  • Gunfire at sea : a case study of innovation
  • Data processing in a bureau drawer
  • The pertinence of the past in computing the future
  • A little more on the computer
  • Men and machinery
  • "Almost the greatest invention"
  • Some proposals.