Description: In this fascinating book, historian of science Edward Tenner takes a fine-toothed comb to several realms of technological intervention and discovers a resolute pattern of "revenge effects, "paradoxical, ironic consequences of the step s we take supposedly to improve our lives. Whether proliferating technology is fated to lead us to utopia, we can be certain that it has plenty of tricks up its sleeve.
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Personalize: No
Type: Novel
Ex Libris: Yes
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Features: Ex-Library
Original Language: English
Inscribed: Yes
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Edition: 0
Book Title: Why Things Bite Back : Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Topic: Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Social Aspects, Ecology
Publication Year: 1996
Genre: Nature, Technology & Engineering, Science
Item Weight: 25.5 Oz
Item Length: 9.4 in
Author: Edward Tenner
Item Width: 6.7 in
Format: Hardcover
