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The engines of our ingenuity : an engineer looks at technology and culture
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- Creator
- John H. Lienhard
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Oxford University Press, 2003
- ©2000
- Physical Details
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- viii, 262 pages : illustrations .; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0195167317, 9780195167313
- OCLC
- ocm71121570
- "First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 2003"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-253) and index.
- Mirrored by our machines -- God, the master craftsman -- Looking inside the inventive mind -- Common place -- Science marries into the family -- Industrial revolution -- Inventing America -- Taking flight -- Attitudes and technological change -- War and other ways to kill people -- Major landmarks -- Systems, design, and production -- Heroic materialism -- Who got there first -- Ever-present dangers -- Technology and literature -- Being there