White Heat
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Author: Carroll W. Pursell
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 224
Taking examples from across the years and across the world, from Icarus's fatal flight to the problems of noisy lavatories in Japan, and from Turner's paintings to the electric chair, this book sets out to illustrate what has made, and makes, our high-tech world tick. Using scientists, technologists, economists, designers, marketeers, philosophers and social historians, it traces the development of technological innovation and finds that this has often come from the margins, rather than the centres, of social power; that technology, like art, is culturally specific; and that technologies have a style of their own. The book also investigates the political implications of mass production and the fraught relationship between technology and science, as well as considering the huge potential of information technology.
Author: Carroll W. Pursell
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 224
Taking examples from across the years and across the world, from Icarus's fatal flight to the problems of noisy lavatories in Japan, and from Turner's paintings to the electric chair, this book sets out to illustrate what has made, and makes, our high-tech world tick. Using scientists, technologists, economists, designers, marketeers, philosophers and social historians, it traces the development of technological innovation and finds that this has often come from the margins, rather than the centres, of social power; that technology, like art, is culturally specific; and that technologies have a style of their own. The book also investigates the political implications of mass production and the fraught relationship between technology and science, as well as considering the huge potential of information technology.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Carroll W. Pursell
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 224
Taking examples from across the years and across the world, from Icarus's fatal flight to the problems of noisy lavatories in Japan, and from Turner's paintings to the electric chair, this book sets out to illustrate what has made, and makes, our high-tech world tick. Using scientists, technologists, economists, designers, marketeers, philosophers and social historians, it traces the development of technological innovation and finds that this has often come from the margins, rather than the centres, of social power; that technology, like art, is culturally specific; and that technologies have a style of their own. The book also investigates the political implications of mass production and the fraught relationship between technology and science, as well as considering the huge potential of information technology.
Author: Carroll W. Pursell
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 224
Taking examples from across the years and across the world, from Icarus's fatal flight to the problems of noisy lavatories in Japan, and from Turner's paintings to the electric chair, this book sets out to illustrate what has made, and makes, our high-tech world tick. Using scientists, technologists, economists, designers, marketeers, philosophers and social historians, it traces the development of technological innovation and finds that this has often come from the margins, rather than the centres, of social power; that technology, like art, is culturally specific; and that technologies have a style of their own. The book also investigates the political implications of mass production and the fraught relationship between technology and science, as well as considering the huge potential of information technology.
White Heat
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