From the author of "Why Things Bite Back"--which introduced readers to the revenge antics of technology--comes a revealing look at how the artifacts people create in turn help to re-create them. With wit and authority, Tenner reveals the profound impact on human beings of the most ubiquitous and unassuming innovations.
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From the author of "Why Things Bite Back"--which introduced readers to the revenge antics of technology--comes a revealing look at how the artifacts people create in turn help to re-create them. With wit and authority, Tenner reveals the profound impact on human beings of the most ubiquitous and unassuming innovations.
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Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 0375407227. Remainder dot bottom page edges; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Stated first edition; 7 X 1.25 X 9.75 inches; 314 pages; "Once we step on the treadmill of progress, it's hard to step off. Yet Edward Tenner shows that human ingenuity can be applied in self-preservation as well, and he sheds light on the ways in which the users of commonplace technology surprise designers and engineers, as when early typists developed the touch method still employed on today's keyboards. And he offers concrete advice for reaping benefits from the devices that we no longer seem able to live without. Although dependent on these objects, we can also use them to liberate ourselves. This delightful and instructive history of invention shows why National Public Radio dubbed Tenner “the philosopher of everyday technology. ”"
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Interesting exploration of how technology and the human body affect each other. Notes that some excellent inventions have had unexpectedly bad consequences. Recounts the history of baby bottles, shoes, chairs, musical and typewriting keyboards, eyeglasses, and helmets, among other things. The writing is often careless but mostly acceptable.