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BL
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1037431
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b791801
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| Main Entry
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Tenner, Edward.
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| Title & Author
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Why things bite back : : technology and the revenge of unintended consequences /\ Edward Tenner.
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| Edition Statement
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1st Vintage pbk. ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Vintage Books,, 1997, ©1996.
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xiv, 431 pages ;; 21 cm
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| ISBN
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0679425632
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: 0679747567
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: 9780679425632
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: 9780679747567
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-412) and index.
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| Contents
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Ever since Frankenstein -- Medicine: conquest of the catastrophic -- Medicine: revenge of the chronic -- Environmental disasters: natural and human-made -- Promoting pests -- Acclimatizing pests: animal -- Acclimatizing pests: vegetable -- The computerized office: the revenge of the body -- The computerized office: productivity puzzles -- Sport: the risks of intensification -- Sport: the paradoxes of improvement -- Another look back, and a look ahead.
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| Abstract
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"A layman's compendium of the perverse consequences of technology ... lively and provocative reading." -- Back cover
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| Subject
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Technology-- Economic aspects.
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Technology-- Social aspects.
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Technology-- Economic aspects.
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Technology-- Social aspects.
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| Dewey Classification
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303.48/3
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| LC Classification
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T14.5.T459 1996
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