Pre-Owned The Engines of Our Ingenuity: An Engineer Looks at Technology and Culture (Paperback) 0195167317 9780195167313

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Book Title: "The Engines of Our Ingenuity: An Engineer Looks at Technology and Culture" by John H. Lienhard.
Book Format: Presented in a paperback format.
Key Identifiers: Features ISBN10: 0195167317 and EAN: 9780195167313.
Literary Genre: Categorized under HISTORY / General.
Author's Insights: Explores the relationship between technology, culture, and human inventiveness, drawing from Lienhard's radio program.
Historical Context: Discusses how technology shapes human life, citing examples like farming, the role of the medieval Church, and the origins of inventions.
Illustrative Examples: Themes are illustrated through stories of inventors and machines such as the canoe, DC-3, Hoover Dam, diode, and sewing machine.
Pre-Owned Condition: May contain limited notes, highlighting, 'From the library of' labels, or previous owner inscriptions; accessories may be absent.

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Fiction/nonfiction
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Genre
Computing & Internet
Publication date
December, 2003
Pages
262
Reading level
Grade 2

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Millions of people have listened to John H. Lienhard's radio program "The Engines of Our Ingenuity." In this fascinating book, Lienhard gathers his reflections on the nature of technology, culture, and human inventiveness. The book brims with insightful observations. Lienhard writes that the history of technology is a history of us--we are the machines we create. Thus farming dramatically changed the rhythms of human life and redirected history. War seldom fuels invention--radar, jets, and the digital computer all emerged before World War II began. And the medieval Church was a driving force behind the growth of Western technology--Cistercian monasteries were virtual factories, whose water wheels cut wood, forged iron, and crushed olives. Lienhard illustrates his themes through inventors, mathematicians, and engineers--with stories of the canoe, the DC-3, the Hoover Dam, the diode, and the sewing machine. We gain new insight as to who we are, through the familiar machines and technologies that are central to our lives.

Title: The Engines of Our Ingenuity: An Engineer Looks at Technology and Culture
Book Format: Paperback
ISBN10: 0195167317
EAN: 9780195167313
Genre: HISTORY / General
Author: Lienhard, John H.
Pre-Owned Condition- Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.

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Genre

Computing & Internet

Publication date

December, 2003

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