Relates the story of the tragic loss of the Hindenburg, one of the most famous disasters of the 20th century.
Relates the story of the tragic loss of the Hindenburg, one of the most famous disasters of the 20th century.
Radio reporter Herbert Morrison's words on witnessing the destruction of the Hindenburg (Oh, the humanity!) are etched in our collective memory. Yet while we use the Hindenburg --like the Titanic --as shorthand for the technological hubris of a bygone era, we seem to have forgot…
"Oh, the humanity!" Radio reporter Herbert Morrison?s words on witnessing the destruction of the -- Monsters Such foolishness is not limited to the industrial age: newer examples of pathological technologies include the US government?s planned use of hydrogen bombs for large-sca…
"Examines the perils of what the author calls pathological technologies, inventions whose sizeable risks are routinely minimized as a result of their almost mystical allure, "--Novelist.