"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.
In 'Kao Gong Ji: The World?s Oldest Encyclopaedia of Technologies', Guan Zengjian and Konrad Herrmann offer an English translation and commentary of the first technological encyclopaedia in China. This work came into being around the 5th century C.E. and contains descriptions of…
In 'Kao Gong Ji: The World's Oldest Encyclopaedia of Technologies', Guan Zengjian and Konrad Herrmann offer an English translation and commentary of the first technological encyclopaedia in China. This work came into being around the 5th century C.E. and contains descriptions of…
Technology and Social Theory
"The hegemonic transition between British world power and American was the most drawn-out in the history of the world-system, starting in 1861. After 1919, America competed successfully with Britain in three main technological arenas: international transportation, international …
This text provides an accessible framework for understanding science, technology, and medicine (STM) in the West from the Renaissance to the 21st-century. John V. Pickstone's approach has four key features. First, he synthesizes the long-term histories and philosophies of discip…
Are Milton's Paradise Lost, Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars" missile defense program, our culture's fascination with UFOs and alien abductions, and Louis Farrakhan's views on racial Armageddon somehow linked? In Children of Ezekiel Michael Lieb reveals the connections between these p…
Are Milton's Paradise Lost, Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars" missile defense program, our culture's fascination with UFOs and alien abductions, and Louis Farrakhan's views on racial Armageddon somehow linked? In Children of Ezekiel Michael Lieb reveals the connections between these p…
"Originally presented as a series of Mellon lectures at the National Gallery of Art, Ten Thousand Things combines aesthetic and cultural insights with a rich variety of illustrations to make a new statement about Chinese art and society."--Jacket
"Originally presented as a series of Mellon lectures at the National Gallery of Art, Ten Thousand Things combines aesthetic and cultural insights with a rich variety of illustrations to make a new statement about Chinese art and society."--Jacket.
