Technology matters : questions to live with / David E. Nye.
- Nye, David E., 1946-
- Date:
- [2006], ©2006
- Books
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Publication/Creation
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2006], ©2006.
Physical description
xiv, 282 pages ; 21 cm
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Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-273) and index.
Contents
Can we define "technology?" -- Does technology control us? -- Is technology predictable? -- How do historians understand technology? -- Cultural uniformity, or diversity? -- Sustainable abundance, or ecological crisis? -- Work : more, or less? Better, or worse? -- Should "the market" select technologies? -- More security, or escalating dangers? -- Expanding consciousness, or encapsulation? -- Not just one future.
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Location Status Medical CollectionT14 2006N88tOpen shelves
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- 0262140934