Technoscience in History: Prussia, 1750-1850

by Ursula Klein

The relationship of the current technosciences and the older engineering sciences, examined through the history of the "useful" sciences in Prussia.

Do today's technoscientific disciplines--including materials science, genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and robotics--signal a radical departure from traditional science? In Technoscience in History, Ursula Klein argues that these novel disciplines and projects are not an "epochal break,"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262539292
• ISBN13: 9780262539296
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"