{"product_id":"hubris-and-hybrids-mikael-hzord-9780415949385","title":"Hubris and Hybrids: A Cultural History of Technology and Science","description":"Human societies have not always taken on new technology in appropriate ways. Innovations are double-edged swords that transform relationships among people, as well as between human societies and the natural world. Only through successful cultural appropriation can we manage to control the hubris that is fundamental to the innovative, enterprising human spirit; and only by becoming hybrids, combining the human and the technological, will we be able to make effective use of our scientific and technological achievements. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis broad cultural history of technology and science provides a range of stories and reflections about the past, discussing areas such as film, industrial design, and alternative environmental technologies, and including not only European and North American, but also Asian examples, to help resolve the contradictions of contemporary high-tech civilization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mikael Hård,Andrew Jamison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415949386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415949385\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.34h x 6.10w x 0.91d","brand":"Mikael Hård","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086670147839,"sku":"9780415949385","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_63375acc-869f-4047-a609-ff39759ba077.jpg?v=1769095928","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hubris-and-hybrids-mikael-hzord-9780415949385","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}