Transports of Delight How Technology Materializes Human Imagination /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Hancock, Peter (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Θέματα: Popular works.; Philosophy.; Technology.; Technology > History.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Technology.; Applied Psychology.; History of Technology.; Philosophy of Technology.

This inspiring book shows how the spiritual side of life, with its thoughts, feelings, and aspirations, is intimately bound up with our material technologies. From the wonder of Gothic Cathedrals, to the quiet majesty of lighter than air flight, to the ultimate in luxury of the north Atlantic steame...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Ghosts of the Temeraire
• What a Sight It Is
• The Largest Moving Object Ever Built
• Reaching For God
• Surviving Sisters
• The Riddle of the Labyrinth
• Ships of the Soul
• Threads Through Time
• Transports of Delight
• Autobiomimesis.