Leonardo to the Internet Technology and Culture from the Renaissance to the Present |
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| Author:
| Misa, Thomas J. |
| Series title: | Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8018-7808-4 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2004 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $56.95 |
Book Description:
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The image of the lone inventor transforming society from the outside has a strong hold on the public's imagination. In reality, though, technologies are products of ongoing social and cultural processes. In Leonardo to the Internet, historian Thomas J. Misa provides a sweeping comparative history of the interrelationship between technology and ......
The image of the lone inventor transforming society from the outside has a strong hold on the public's imagination. In reality, though, technologies are products of ongoing social and cultural processes. In Leonardo to the Internet, historian Thomas J. Misa provides a sweeping comparative history of the interrelationship between technology and ......