A Culture of Improvement

A Culture of Improvement
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Publisher : MIT Press (MA)
Total Pages : 606
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Book Synopsis A Culture of Improvement by : Robert Douglas Friedel

Download or read book A Culture of Improvement written by Robert Douglas Friedel and published by MIT Press (MA). This book was released on 2007 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How technological change in the West has been driven by the pursuit of improvement: a history of technology, from plows and printing presses to penicillin, the atomic bomb, and the computer.


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