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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... Galileo's work which radically modified man's sense of his own unique place in the cosmos and con- tributed to the exploitation of every manner of technical facility . Galileo took up and developed an observation that his younger col ...
... Galileo's work which radically modified man's sense of his own unique place in the cosmos and con- tributed to the exploitation of every manner of technical facility . Galileo took up and developed an observation that his younger col ...
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... GALILEO Though Galileo's interpretation of planetary movements led to a charge of heresy by the Roman Catholic Church , the heresy that he was accused of was one he did not utter . As he plaintively put it at the end of the ' Dia ...
... GALILEO Though Galileo's interpretation of planetary movements led to a charge of heresy by the Roman Catholic Church , the heresy that he was accused of was one he did not utter . As he plaintively put it at the end of the ' Dia ...
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... Galileo awakened , we can infer how necessary his innovations were . " Oh , my dear Kepler , " Galileo wrote to his colleague , " how I wish that we could have one hearty laugh together ! Here at Padua is a principal pro- fessor of ...
... Galileo awakened , we can infer how necessary his innovations were . " Oh , my dear Kepler , " Galileo wrote to his colleague , " how I wish that we could have one hearty laugh together ! Here at Padua is a principal pro- fessor of ...
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