Taming the Tiger: The Struggle to Control Technology - Softcover

Rybczynski, Witold

 
9780140075649: Taming the Tiger: The Struggle to Control Technology
Softcover
ISBN 10: 014007564X ISBN 13: 9780140075649
Verlag: Penguin, 1985

Inhaltsangabe

THE PROBLEM OF CONTROLLING TECHNOLOGY HAS PREOCCUPIED US SINCE THE TIME OF THE FIRST FOREST FIRE CAUSED BY MAN, BUT TODAY, IN THE AGE OF TECHNOLOGY, THE INTRODUCTION AND EVOLUTION OF MACHINES ARE OF INCREASING CONCERN. UNINTENDED SIDE EFFECTS HAVE ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, AND AS ADVANCES THAT MAY HAVE FAR REACHING CONSEQUENCES OCCUR IN PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING, WE FEEL AGAIN THE NEED TO DEFINE OUR UNEASY RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR INVENTIONS. WITOLD RYBCZYNSKI PROVOCATIVE BOOK HELPS US TO DO SO BY EXAMINING THE ATTEMPTS OF OUR PREDECESSORS TO COME TO TERMS WITH THE SHOCK OF THE MACHINE.

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Verlag
Penguin
Erscheinungsdatum
1985
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
014007564X
ISBN 13 
9780140075649
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
272
Kontakt zum Hersteller
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