The Whale and the Reactor: A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology

The author of Autonomous Technology explores the political, social, and philosophical implications of technology in our modern lives.
"In an age in which the inexhaustible power of scientific technology makes all things possible, it remains to be seen where we will draw the line, where we will be able to say, here are possibilities that wisdom suggest we avoid."

First published to great acclaim in 1986, Langdon Winner's groundbreaking exploration of the political, social, and philosophical i...