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" The engines of our ingenuity : "
John H. Lienhard.
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BL
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945690
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b700060
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| Main Entry
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Lienhard, John H.,1930-
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| Title & Author
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The engines of our ingenuity : : an engineer looks at technology and culture /\ John H. Lienhard.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2003, ©2000.
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viii, 262 pages :: illustrations . ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0195167317
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: 9780195167313
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| Notes
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"First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 2003"--Title page verso.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-253) and index.
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| Contents
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Mirrored by our machines -- God, the master craftsman -- Looking inside the inventive mind -- Common place -- Science marries into the family -- Industrial revolution -- Inventing America -- Taking flight -- Attitudes and technological change -- War and other ways to kill people -- Major landmarks -- Systems, design, and production -- Heroic materialism -- Who got there first -- Ever-present dangers -- Technology and literature -- Being there.
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| Abstract
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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, Leinhard gathers his reflections on the nature of technology, culture, and human inventiveness. 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." --back cover.
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Creative ability in technology.
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Technology-- Social aspects.
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Creative ability in technology.
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Technology-- Social aspects.
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303.483
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T14.5.L52 2003
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