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From the books of H.G. Wells to the press releases of NASA, we are awash in clich#65533;d claims about high technology's ability to change the course of history. Now, in The Shock of the Old, David Edgerton offers a startling new and fresh way of thinking about the history of technology, radically revising our ideas about the interaction of technology and society in the past and in the present. He challenges us to view the history of technology in terms of what everyday people have actually used-and continue to use-rather than just sophisticated inventions. Indeed, many highly touted technologies, from the V-2 rocket to the Concorde jet, have been costly failures, while many mundane discoveries, like corrugated iron, become hugely important around the world. Edgerton reassesses the significance of such acclaimed inventions as the Pill and information technology, and underscores the continued importance of unheralded technology, debunking many notions about the implications of the "information age." A provocative history, The Shock of the Old provides an entirely new way of looking historically at the relationship between invention and innovation.… (meer)
Knap, provocerend boek over de geschiedenis van de technologie; bevat tal van verrassende inzichten. Centrale these: we focussen in de geschiedschrijving, in de manier waarop we nu naar de wereld kijken teveel op ontdekkingenn, nieuwe technologie, innovatie. In feite blijken vooral oude technologieën doorslaggevend, in oorlogen en in gewone dagelijkse situaties. Een "eye-opener", beslist, maar met ook de klassieke eenzijdigheid die aan dit genre verbonden is; Edgerton overdrijft ook in de andere richting, want is niet elke oude technologie ooit uitgevonden? ( )
"Edgerton notes that, 'The historical study of things in use, and the uses of things, matters.' (p. 212). After reading this fascinating book, we have to agree, and I would urge anyone with an interest in the history of technology to get this book. Your view of the world will never be the same."
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I stood on a hill and I saw the Old approaching, but it came as the New. It hobbled up on new crutches which no one had ever seen before and stank new smells of decay which no one had ever smelt before. -Bertolt Brecht (1939) from 'Parade of the New', in Bertolt Brect: Poems 1913-1956, John Willett and Raph Manheim (eds.) (London: Methuen, 1987), p. 323
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
Much of what is written on the history of technology is for boys of all ages.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
The historical study of things in use, and the uses of things, matters.
From the books of H.G. Wells to the press releases of NASA, we are awash in clich#65533;d claims about high technology's ability to change the course of history. Now, in The Shock of the Old, David Edgerton offers a startling new and fresh way of thinking about the history of technology, radically revising our ideas about the interaction of technology and society in the past and in the present. He challenges us to view the history of technology in terms of what everyday people have actually used-and continue to use-rather than just sophisticated inventions. Indeed, many highly touted technologies, from the V-2 rocket to the Concorde jet, have been costly failures, while many mundane discoveries, like corrugated iron, become hugely important around the world. Edgerton reassesses the significance of such acclaimed inventions as the Pill and information technology, and underscores the continued importance of unheralded technology, debunking many notions about the implications of the "information age." A provocative history, The Shock of the Old provides an entirely new way of looking historically at the relationship between invention and innovation.
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Een "eye-opener", beslist, maar met ook de klassieke eenzijdigheid die aan dit genre verbonden is; Edgerton overdrijft ook in de andere richting, want is niet elke oude technologie ooit uitgevonden? (