Arthur, W. Brian.

The nature of technology : what it is and how it evolves / - 1st ed. - New York : Free Press, 2011. - v, 246 pages ;

Originally published in hardcover by Free Press in 2009.

Questions -- Combination and structure -- Phenomena -- Domains, or worlds entered for what can be accomplished there -- Engineering and its solutions -- The origin of technologies -- Structural deepening -- Revolutions and redomainings -- The mechanisms of evolution -- The economy evolving as its technologies evolve -- Where do we stand with this creation of ours?.

The author offers his theory of technology's origins and evolution and discusses how technology structures human lives.

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Technology--Social aspects
Technology--Economic aspects
Technology--Philosophy
Technology
Science

T14 / .A724 2010