Most general histories of technology are Eurocentrist, focusing on a main line of Western technology that stretches from the Greeks is through the computer. In this very different book, Arnold Pacey takes a global view, placing the development of technology squarely in a "world civilization." He portrays the process as a complex dialectic by which inventions borrowed from one culture are adopted to suit another.Arnold Pacey is a physicist turned historian whose publications have contributed to the British appropriate-technology movement. He has written widely on science, technology, and agriculture. His previous books include The Maze of Ingenuity and The Culture of Technology.
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圖書標籤: 技術史 英文 科技史 技術哲學 曆史 藝術史 贊
a transfer of technology across Euro-Asia countries? Not always like that.
評分a transfer of technology across Euro-Asia countries? Not always like that.
評分a transfer of technology across Euro-Asia countries? Not always like that.
評分a transfer of technology across Euro-Asia countries? Not always like that.
評分a transfer of technology across Euro-Asia countries? Not always like that.
Technology in World Civilization 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載