The Myth of the Machine, Volume 2Shows that man himself has from the beginning been and still is the central fact of human life today. |
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... Bacon had no practice as an experimental scientist , unlike Galileo or Gilbert , this criticism is well founded : but to deny him credit because he did not give sufficient weight to the mathematical innova- tions is less than fair ; for ...
... Bacon had no practice as an experimental scientist , unlike Galileo or Gilbert , this criticism is well founded : but to deny him credit because he did not give sufficient weight to the mathematical innova- tions is less than fair ; for ...
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... Bacon's personal tastes again singularly anticipated the meretricious affluence of our own day . Now , Bacon did not rely upon the individual's passion for scientific inquiry alone . He saw that curiosity , to be effective , must enlist ...
... Bacon's personal tastes again singularly anticipated the meretricious affluence of our own day . Now , Bacon did not rely upon the individual's passion for scientific inquiry alone . He saw that curiosity , to be effective , must enlist ...
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... Bacon's world was not merely that of the mechanical arts , but one embracing a larger technology , a true polytechnics , that of agriculture , medicine , cookery , brewing , chemistry . His very incapacity for abstract mathematical ...
... Bacon's world was not merely that of the mechanical arts , but one embracing a larger technology , a true polytechnics , that of agriculture , medicine , cookery , brewing , chemistry . His very incapacity for abstract mathematical ...
Contents
NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
Copyright | |
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abstract accepted achieved activities actually already ancient authority automatic automation became become beginning brought century civilization collective communication complex continued culture demands Descartes destruction direct economy effect effort energy environment equally established existence experience exploration fact final forces functions further future give human idea improvements increase industrial institutions intelligence invention knowledge later least less limited living machine man's mass material means mechanical megamachine megatechnics merely method military mind mode moral nature necessary never objective observed once operation organic original past perhaps physical possible power system practical present production progress proved reality remained result scientific scientists seemed sense single social society space subjective success sufficient symbolic taken technical thought tion turn ultimate United universal whole world picture York