Human-built world : how to think about technology and culture / Thomas P. Hughes.
Human-built world : how to think about technology and culture / Thomas P. Hughes.
Human-built world : how to think about technology and culture / Thomas P. Hughes.
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Chicago : Univerity of Chicago Press, 2004.
Date
2004.
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N303.483/ 244
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English
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x, 223 p. : ill. ; 21cm.
Contents
1. Introduction : complex technology -- 2. Technology and the second creation -- 3. Technology as machine -- 4. Technology as systems, controls, and information -- 5. Technology and culture -- 6. Creating an ecotechnological environment.
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Chicago : Univerity of Chicago Press, 2004.
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Illinois
Date Published
2004.
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"Such divergent views, Hughes shows, have existed side by side, demonstrating the fundamental idea that "in its variety, technology is full of contradictions, laden with human folly, saved by occasional benign deeds, and rich with unintended consequences." In Human-Built World, he offers the history of these contradictions, follies, and consequence...
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Human-built world : how to think about technology and culture / Thomas P. Hughes.
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Science.culture.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N303.483/ 244
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74VKDgx3meqA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKDgx3meqA
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0226359344 (pbk)
9780226359335
0226359336
9780226359335 :
0226359336 :
9780226359342 (pbk)
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303.483
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991019040579702626
