Historian Thomas J. Misa's sweeping history of the relationship
between technology and society over the past 500 years reveals how
technological innovations have shaped--and have been shaped by--the
cultures in which they arose. Spanning the preindustrial past, the
age of scientific, political, and industrial revolutions, as well
as the more recent eras of imperialism, modernism, and global
security, this compelling work evaluates what Misa calls "the
question of technology."
Misa brings his acclaimed text up to date by examining how
today's unsustainable energy systems, insecure information
networks, and vulnerable global shipping have helped foster
geopolitical risks and instability. A masterful analysis of how
technology and culture have influenced each other over five
centuries, "Leonardo to the Internet" frames a history that
illuminates modern-day problems and prospects faced by our
technology-dependent world
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