Why Things Bite Back: Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences
Tenner, Edward
ISBN 10: 0679425632 ISBN 13: 9780679425632
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1996
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In this fascinating book, historian of science Edward Tenner takes a fine-toothed comb to several realms of technological intervention and discovers a resolute pattern of "revenge effects, "paradoxical, ironic consequences of the step s we take supposedly to improve our lives. Whether proliferating technology is fated to lead us to utopia, we can be certain that it has plenty of tricks up its sleeve.
About the Author: Edward Tenner, former executive editor for physical science and history at Princeton University Press, holds a visiting research appointment in the Department of Geological and Geophysical Sciences at Princeton University. He received the A.B. from Princeton and the Ph.D. in history from the University of Chicago and has held visiting research positions at Rutgers University and the Institute for Advanced Study. In 1991-92 he was a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow and in 1995-96 is a Fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
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Title: Why Things Bite Back: Technology and the ...
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Publication Date: 1996
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: 1st Edition