Friedel Robert:
A Culture Of Improvement
Technology And The Western Millennium
Mit Press Ltd (United States), 2007
Hardback, 576 pages
Size: 237x212 mm
ISBN: 9780262062626
ISBN-10: 0262062623
List price: £25.95
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A Culture Of Improvement
Why does technology change over time, how does it change, and what difference does it make? This title shows how technological change in the West has been driven by the pursuit of improvement. It offers a history of technology, from plows and printing presses to penicillin, the atomic bomb, and the computer.

