Hubris and hybrids : a cultural history of technology and science / Mikael Hård and Andrew Jamison.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Routledge, 2005Description: xv, 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0415949386
- 9780415949385
- 0415949394
- 9780415949392
- 303.483 22
- T15 .H342 2005
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-325) and index.
The roots of technoscience. The scientific reformation in early modern Europe ; The industrial transformation ; The sites of enlightenment and innovation -- The machine in the mind. Technocrats and their critics ; Eastern minds take on the Western juggernaut ; Artistic appropriations from Morris to The Matrix -- Machines and knowledge in action. Mobility mania and its material manifestations ; The cultural forms of communication and information ; Public works, public health, and personal hygiene -- Coping with technoscience. Making technoscience politically accountable ; From appropriate technology to green business ; Conclusions: history as cultural assessment.
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