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Essays by international bestselling author Edward Tenner that explore both the negative and positive surprises of human ingenuityHow did the addition of lifeboats after the Titanic shipwreck contribute to another tragedy in Chicago harbor three years later? How efficient are wild animals as investor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Tenner, Edward (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia : The American Philosophical Society Press, [2024]
Subjects:	Technology > Social aspects. Technology and civilization. Technology & Engineering / History. Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
CONTENTS
PREFACE
A NOTE ON THEMES
1. Risk
2. Technology: Leaving It and Loving It
3. Organizations, Politics, and Technology
4. Design
5. Information
6. Artificial Intelligence
7. Animals
8. Innovation and the Future
SOURCES
INDEX