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New York : Routledge, [2005]

1 online resource (352 pages) : illustrations

ISBN 9781315024400 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 0415949386 (hc. : alk. paper)

ISBN 0415949394 (pbk. : alk. paper)

ISBN 9780415949385

ISBN 9780415949392 (softcover)

Print version: Hard, Mikael. Hubris and hybrids : a cultural history of technology and science. New York : Routledge, [2005] xv, 335 pages ; 24 cm. ISBN 9780415949385

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-325) and index

The roots of technoscience. The scientific reformation in early modern Europe ; The industrial transformation ; The sites of enlightenment and innovation -- The machine in the mind. Technocrats and their critics ; Eastern minds take on the Western juggernaut ; Artistic appropriations from Morris to The Matrix -- Machines and knowledge in action. Mobility mania and its material manifestations ; The cultural forms of communication and information ; Public works, public health, and personal hygiene -- Coping with technoscience. Making technoscience politically accountable ; From appropriate technology to green business ; Conclusions: history as cultural assessment.

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(OCoLC)870590377