Under Technology's Thumb

by William Leiss

Book Overview

From the introduction: "Standing at the threshold of modern times, Francis Bacon saw in experimental science and technological innovation the keys to humanity's future. Human history to that point, he thought, was an endlessly repeated cycle of despair and false hopes. The false hopes were fed by the old illusion that a few cheap tricks and the right magical formulas would unlock nature's treasury where unlimited wealth and power lay. The despair...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773507485
• ISBN13: 9780773507487
• Release Date: February 1990
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.