LEADER 03195nam 2200481 450 001 9910426050203321 005 20210403203448.0 010 $a981-15-4592-8 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-15-4592-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000011513674 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6381140 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-15-4592-4 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011513674 100 $a20210403d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCulture's engine $einside science and technology /$fWilliam Gosling 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aSingapore :$cPalgrave Macmillan,$d[2020] 210 4$dİ2020 215 $a1 online resource (X, 260 p. 1 illus.) 311 $a981-15-4591-X 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. The odd couple -- 3. Why are humans different -- 4. Three flavours of technology -- 5. Subtle subversives -- 6. The active elements appear -- 7. Drivers of technology -- 8. Technology?s other half -- 9. Talk the talk -- 10. Patterns of innovation -- 11. Invention push and market pull -- 12. Deep design -- 13. A hazardous business -- 14. Will anyone want it? -- 15. Failure foreseen -- 16. Can machines think? -- 17. Lady Lovelace's revenge -- 18. The dark side -- 19. Be careful what you wish for -- 20. Past, present, future -- 21. Technology and dreaming. 330 $a?With sensitivity and detailed illustrations, ranging from the prehistoric to the current, William Gosling explores, in a unified way, the many and subtle aspects in which technology emerges from and drives our culture.? ?Sir Michael Berry, University of Bristol, UK Culture?s Engine offers an insightful and penetrating analysis of the enduring relationship between technology and society. William Gosling explores in absorbing historical detail how humans have experienced change through a sequence of technological revolutions, each giving rise to new social organisation, which in turn influences the shape and timing of the next such revolution. Gosling argues that it is through this dialogue that successful technology sets the direction and pace of all cultural evolution. The state of technology at any time is the major influence on the world, and not just the material world. This book then is not a history of technology, still less of science. It fundamentally questions how technology and social forces interact, leading to these successive revolutions and their outcomes. William Gosling is a British electrical engineer, Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Bath, and pioneer of system design in electrical engineering. 606 $aTechnology$xSociological aspects 606 $aScience and civilization 606 $aCulture 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTechnology$xSociological aspects. 615 0$aScience and civilization. 615 0$aCulture. 676 $a303.483 700 $aGosling$b William$026633 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910426050203321 996 $aCulture's engine$92519367 997 $aUNINA