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• Winner of <PrizeName>Winner, Jackets Category, 2003 Association of American University Presses (AAUP) Book, Jacket, and Journal Show</PrizeName> 2003
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• Winner of Winner, Jackets Category, 2003 Association of American University Presses (AAUP) Book, Jacket, and Journal Show 2003
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Overview

When Warren Kendall Lewis left Spring Garden Farm in Delaware in 1901 to enter MIT, he had no idea that he was becoming part of a profession that would bring untold good to his country but would also contribute to the death of his family's farm. In this book written a century later, Professor Lewis's granddaughter, uses her grandfather's and her own experience to make sense of the rapidly changing role of technology in contemporary life.

Full Product Details

Author:   Rosalind Williams (Bern Dibner Professor of the History of Science & Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Publisher:   MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:   MIT Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.70cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 20.30cm
Weight:   0.404kg
ISBN:  

9780262232234

ISBN 10:   0262232235
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   30 August 2002
Recommended Age:   From 18
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Reviews

We have Williams to thank for a thoughtful, cogent, and historically well-informed analysis of the engineering profession. -- <b>Karl Stephan</b> * <i>IEEE</i> * Rosalind Williams... has written a very personal, autobiographical book. -- <b>Paul E. Ceruzzi</b> * <i>Isis</i> * Easy to read and understand, William's work provides interesting insights on modern culture and our obsession with technology. * <i>Library Journal</i> * An epic account of the struggle to humanize engineering education. * <i>Kirkus Reviews</i> * ...a fascinating account of the new relationships between technology and culture...a literary jewel. -- <b>Manuel Castells</b> * <i>Project Muse</i> *

Easy to read and understand, William's work provides interesting insights on modern culture and our obsession with technology. -- John B. Napp, Library Journal

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Rosalind Williams is Bern Dibner Professor of the History of Science and Technology.

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