A culture of improvement : technology and the Western millennium / Robert Friedel.
A culture of improvement : technology and the Western millennium / Robert Friedel.
A culture of improvement : technology and the Western millennium / Robert Friedel.
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Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT, c2007.
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NQ303.483/33
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English
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x, 588 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT, c2007.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
c2007.
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"In this look at a thousand years of Western experience, Robert Friedel argues that technological change comes largely through the pursuit of improvement - the deep-rooted belief that things could be done in a better way. What Friedel calls the "culture of improvement" is manifested every day in the ways people carry out their tasks in life - from...
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A culture of improvement : technology and the Western millennium / Robert Friedel.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2007.
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NQ303.483/33
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74VK72rVKPoX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK72rVKPoX
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0262062623 (hbk.) :
9780262062626 (hbk.) :
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303.483
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991022680449702626
