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18%OFFPeter Hancock - Transports of Delight: How Technology Materializes Human Imagination - 9783319552477 - V9783319552477
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Transports of Delight: How Technology Materializes Human Imagination

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Description for Transports of Delight: How Technology Materializes Human Imagination Hardback. Num Pages: biography. BIC Classification: HP; JM; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
This inspiring book shows how the spiritual side of life, with its thoughts, feelings, and aspirations, is intimately bound up with our material technologies. From the wonder of Gothic Cathedrals, to the quiet majesty of lighter than air flight, to the ultimate in luxury of the north Atlantic steamers, Peter Hancock explores how these sequential heights of technology have enabled our dreams of being transported to new and uncharted realms to become reality. Sometimes literally, sometimes figuratively, technology has always been there to make material the visions of our imagination. This book shows how this has essentially been true for ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
235
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319552477
SKU
V9783319552477
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Peter Hancock
Peter Hancock is Provost Distinguished Research Professor, Pegasus Professor, and University Trustee Chair in the Department of Psychology and the Institute for Simulation and Training at the University of Central Florida where he directs the Minds in Technology, Machines in Thought Laboratory. He focuses on issues concerning human-technology interaction, specifically within the realm of highly complex operations in risk-laden environments. ... Read more

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