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Page 189
... megatechnics ' as distinguished from the more modest and diversified modes of technology , which until our own century continued to perform the larger part of the daily work in the workshop and on the farm , sometimes with the help of ...
... megatechnics ' as distinguished from the more modest and diversified modes of technology , which until our own century continued to perform the larger part of the daily work in the workshop and on the farm , sometimes with the help of ...
Page 255
... megatechnics itself became equally universal . To destroy such a well - diffused technical tradition , one must entirely wipe out the supporting culture and the individual personality . And eventu- ally that result was brought about ...
... megatechnics itself became equally universal . To destroy such a well - diffused technical tradition , one must entirely wipe out the supporting culture and the individual personality . And eventu- ally that result was brought about ...
Page 334
... Megatechnics , ' 3 , 189 ; spread of , 237 Meidum Pyramid , 197 91 ; 41 Maya , 23 , 150 Mayer , Robert von , 280 Mayr , Ernst , 26 McLuhan , Marshall , 64 Mead , Margaret , 57 , 61 , 85 , 180 Meaning , allegoric , bodily clues to , 76 ...
... Megatechnics , ' 3 , 189 ; spread of , 237 Meidum Pyramid , 197 91 ; 41 Maya , 23 , 150 Mayer , Robert von , 280 Mayr , Ernst , 26 McLuhan , Marshall , 64 Mead , Margaret , 57 , 61 , 85 , 180 Meaning , allegoric , bodily clues to , 76 ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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