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9780195218206
From the invention of the wheel to the mapping of the genome, technology has always been deeply intertwined with the course of human history. Now, this fascinating set explores the role technology has played in eighteen separate cultures in world history, and reveals the many ways people use technology to control their environment, express religious values, deploy political power, confer social status, and afford themselves varying degrees of pleasure, comfort, and security. Whether focusing on Egyptian pyramids or medieval cathedrals, the Mayan astronomical calendar or the internet,Technology in World Historyilluminates the amazing array of technologies that humans have developed to shape and give meaning to their lives.Carlson, W. Bernard is the author of 'Technology in World History' with ISBN 9780195218206 and ISBN 0195218205.
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