Wheels, Clocks, and Rockets: A History of Technology

"A prime example of how to write a history of an immense and technical subject ....a winner."-New Scientist

As technology transforms our lives at an ever quickening rate, Donald Cardwell reminds us that technological innovation is not created in a vacuum-rather, it is the product of the successful interaction between social change, scientific developments, and political vision. In this wide-ranging, "spirited" (Booklist) survey of the machines and tools that humans have developed throughout ...