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Our own devices : the past and future of body technology / Edward Tenner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tenner, Edward.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technology--Social aspects.
- Technology.
- Technological innovations--Social aspects.
- Technological innovations.
- Human beings--Effect of technological innovations on.
- Human beings.
- Human body--Social aspects.
- Human body.
- Human body (Philosophy).
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 314 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
- Summary:
- From the author of "Why Things Bite Back"--which introduced readers to the revenge antics of technology--comes a revealing look at how the artifacts people create in turn help to re-create them. With wit and authority, Tenner reveals the profound impact on human beings of the most ubiquitous and unassuming innovations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-304) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0375407227
- OCLC:
- 50948478
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