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Technological nature : adaptation and the future of human life / Peter H. Kahn, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kahn, Peter H., Jr.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technological forecasting.
- Technology--Social aspects.
- Technology.
- Bionics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Why it matters that our relationship with nature is increasingly mediated and augmented by technology.
- Contents:
- The old way
- Biophilia
- The technological turn
- A room with a technological nature view
- Office window of the future?
- Hardware companions?
- Robotic dogs in the lives of preschool children
- Robotic dogs and their biological counterparts
- Robotic dogs might aid in the social development of children with autism
- The telegarden
- Environmental generational amnesia
- Adaptation and the future of human life.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 9786613020130
- 9780262294836
- 0262294834
- 9781283020138
- 1283020130
- 9780262295253
- 0262295253
- OCLC:
- 710993113
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