{"product_id":"the-maze-of-ingenuity-ideas-and-idealism-in-the-development-of-technology-2nd-edition-026266075x","title":"The Maze of Ingenuity: Ideas and Idealism in the Development of Technology - 2nd Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 026266075X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pacey, Arnold\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom cathedrals to star wars, Arnold Pacey looks at the interaction of technologies and society over the last thousand years and uses that survey to argue for a more humane form of future technological development. The second edition of The Maze of Ingenuity concentrates on Europe and North America and incorporates recent insights from the history and sociology of technology. A new series of chapters extends Pacey's discussion of the role of ideas and ideals in technology in the period since the industrial revolution.ContentsThe Cathedral Builders: European Technical Achievement between 1100 and 1280  A Century of Invention: 1250-1350  Mathematics and the Arts: 1450-1600  The Practical Arts and the Scientific Revolution  Social Ideals in Technical Change: German Miners and English Puritans, 1450-1650  The State and Technical Progress: 1660-1770  Technology in the Industrial Revolution  Conflicting Ideals in Engineering: America and Britain, 1790-1870  Institutionalizing Technical Ideals, 1820-1920  Idealistic Trends in Twentieth-Century Technology\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51709867917600,"sku":"NEW026266075X","price":37.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71VqexmQ5FL.jpg?v=1779395729","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-maze-of-ingenuity-ideas-and-idealism-in-the-development-of-technology-2nd-edition-026266075x","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}