Atmospheric Flight in the Twentieth Century

by Peter Galison

All technologies differ from one another. They are as varied as humanity's interaction with the physical world. Even people attempting to do the same thing produce multiple technologies. For example, John H. White discovered more than l 1000 patents in the 19th century for locomotive smokestacks. Yet all technologies are processes by which humans seek to control their physical environment and bend nature to their purposes. All technologies are alike...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792360370
• ISBN13: 9780792360377
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 383 Pages
• Weight: 1.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.7" x 9.6"