The Myth of the Machine: The pentagon of powerHarcourt, Brace & World, 1970 - Technology and civilization |
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... experience , had taken the place of that experience , and prevented any further inquiry . This is well illustrated by Galileo's story in his ' Dialogues ' ( Second Day ) wherein he tells about a physician who dissected a corpse to ...
... experience , had taken the place of that experience , and prevented any further inquiry . This is well illustrated by Galileo's story in his ' Dialogues ' ( Second Day ) wherein he tells about a physician who dissected a corpse to ...
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... experiences , was not even suspected by those who strained at the theological gnat and swallowed the scientific bat . Galileo , in all innocence , had surrendered man's historic birthright : man's memorable and remembered experience ...
... experiences , was not even suspected by those who strained at the theological gnat and swallowed the scientific bat . Galileo , in all innocence , had surrendered man's historic birthright : man's memorable and remembered experience ...
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... experience of our con- temporaries includes X - rays and the electronic transmission systems of images and sounds . To illustrate the hold that the mechanical world picture still keeps , I shall confine myself to two examples , both ...
... experience of our con- temporaries includes X - rays and the electronic transmission systems of images and sounds . To illustrate the hold that the mechanical world picture still keeps , I shall confine myself to two examples , both ...
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CONTENTS | 3 |
THE STORY OF UTOPIAS 1922 | 7 |
THE GOLDEN DAY 1926 | 46 |
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