![]() ![]() In compact form and accessible prose, Edgerton offers a new vision of modern technological history, emphasizing staying power rather than novelty. "As fascinating in its details as in its arguments. ![]() Workaday world of things that are so much a part of what it means to live in the technological present."-Henry Petroski, author of To Engineer Is Human and The Evolution of Useful Things He does not just recite the familiar heroic leaps of invention, nor does he serve as a cheerleader for inflated promises of future breakthroughs rather, he emphasizes the importance of the "In this eminently readable book, David Edgerton takes a welcome fresh look at the nature of technology. Kevles, author of In the Name of Eugenics and The Baltimore Case He tells us why a variety of old technologies-from spinning wheels and rickshaws to mosquito netting-play essential roles in today's global life. "Edgerton arrestingly challenges the claim that hi-tech innovation is essential for progress and prosperity in the contemporary world. ![]() Landes, author of The Wealth and Poverty of Nations and The Unbound Prometheus "David Edgerton is on to something very important.The Shock of the Old is one book that I intend to savour slowly and use."-David S. ![]()
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