The Myth of the Machine: The pentagon of powerHarcourt, Brace & World, 1970 - Technology and civilization |
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... universal that the roles of the military , the civil , and the mechanical engineer were at first almost interchangeable . Let us not forget that the same demands for accurate artillery fire resulted in the invention of the modern ...
... universal that the roles of the military , the civil , and the mechanical engineer were at first almost interchangeable . Let us not forget that the same demands for accurate artillery fire resulted in the invention of the modern ...
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... universal , will import these terminal disabilities into ever earlier stages of life : until at some ideal point the traits of infantilism will dissolve into those of senility without leaving a gap to be filled with anything that can ...
... universal , will import these terminal disabilities into ever earlier stages of life : until at some ideal point the traits of infantilism will dissolve into those of senility without leaving a gap to be filled with anything that can ...
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... Universal Man , ' Renascence examples of , 162 Universal society , higher potentialities of , 404 ; technological backwardness in realizing , 224 Universe , man's conquest of , 291 ; mathe- matical language of , 53 Universities ...
... Universal Man , ' Renascence examples of , 162 Universal society , higher potentialities of , 404 ; technological backwardness in realizing , 224 Universe , man's conquest of , 291 ; mathe- matical language of , 53 Universities ...
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CONTENTS | 3 |
THE STORY OF UTOPIAS 1922 | 7 |
THE GOLDEN DAY 1926 | 46 |
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