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Provides a timely and valuable examination of technology and its relation to science
Offers sensitive and detailed accounts, ranging from the prehistoric to contemporary, to examine the many and subtle aspects in which technology emerges from and drives our culture
Explores and resolves the common confusion between technology and science
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‘With sensitivity and detailed illustrations, ranging from the prehistoric to the current, William Gosling explores, in a unified way, the many and subtle aspects in which technology emerges from and drives our culture.’
—Sir Michael Berry, University of Bristol, UK
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Book Title: Culture’s Engine
Book Subtitle: Inside Science and Technology
Authors: William Gosling
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4592-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-4591-7Published: 18 October 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-4594-8Published: 19 October 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-4592-4Published: 17 October 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 260
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Science and Technology Studies, Sociology of Culture, Cultural Anthropology