The Maze of Ingenuity, Ideas and Idealism in the Development of Technology
by Pacey, Arnold
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0262161281
- ISBN 13
- 9780262161282
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About This Item
Cambridge, MS: The MIT Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1992. Second Edition. Hardcover. 0262161281 . Stamp bottom page edges ; A bright, solid book. Dark blue cloth covered boards, as new, text unmarked ; B&W Illustrations; 9.21 X 6.06 X 0.94 inches; 306 pages; "From cathedrals to star wars, Arnold Pacey looks at the interaction of technologies and society over the last thousand years and uses that survey to argue for a more humane form of future technological development. The second edition of The Maze of Ingenuity concentrates on Europe and North America and incorporates recent insights from the history and sociology of technology. A new series of chapters extends Pacey's discussion of the role of ideas and ideals in technology in the period since the industrial revolution. Arnold Pacey has taught the history of science and technology at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. Work on this new edition has been carried on in parallel with tutorial teaching for an Open University course entitled "Technology and Change."Contents: The Cathedral Builders: European Technical Achievement between 1100 and 1280. A Century of Invention: 1250-1350. Mathematics and the Arts: 1450-1600. The Practical Arts and the Scientific Revolution. Social Ideals in Technical Change: German Miners and English Puritans, 1450-1650. The State and Technical Progress: 1660-1770. Technology in the Industrial Revolution. Conflicting Ideals in Engineering: America and Britain, 1790-1870. Institutionalizing Technical Ideals, 1820-1920. Idealistic Trends in Twentieth-Century Technology." .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17699
- Title
- The Maze of Ingenuity, Ideas and Idealism in the Development of Technology
- Author
- Pacey, Arnold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Second Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0262161281
- ISBN 13
- 9780262161282
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, MS
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- 0262161281, Technology, Architecture, Mathematics, Engineering, Science
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture; SCIENCE;
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