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Chargement... Quoi de neuf ? Du rôle des techniques dans l'histoire globalepar David Edgerton
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"Edgerton notes that, 'The historical study of things in use, and the uses of things, matters.' (p. 212). After reading this fascinating book, we have to agree, and I would urge anyone with an interest in the history of technology to get this book. Your view of the world will never be the same." Appartient à la série éditoriale
From the books of H.G. Wells to the press releases of NASA, we are awash in clich#65533;d claims about high technology's ability to change the course of history. Now, in The Shock of the Old, David Edgerton offers a startling new and fresh way of thinking about the history of technology, radically revising our ideas about the interaction of technology and society in the past and in the present. He challenges us to view the history of technology in terms of what everyday people have actually used-and continue to use-rather than just sophisticated inventions. Indeed, many highly touted technologies, from the V-2 rocket to the Concorde jet, have been costly failures, while many mundane discoveries, like corrugated iron, become hugely important around the world. Edgerton reassesses the significance of such acclaimed inventions as the Pill and information technology, and underscores the continued importance of unheralded technology, debunking many notions about the implications of the "information age." A provocative history, The Shock of the Old provides an entirely new way of looking historically at the relationship between invention and innovation. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)609.04Technology General Technology History, geographic treatment, biography By PeriodClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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Même vidéo vers 32:30, à propos d’idées fausses qui se répandent (des matières premières deviennent obsolètes et disparaitraient ; il aurait existé dans l’histoire des transitions énergétiques...), ce n’est pas que les experts sont tous ignorants mais c’est qu’à certaines périodes quelques experts diffusant ces idées fausses deviennent dominants pour des raisons
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