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The Triumph of Human Empire
Rosalind Williams
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Description for The Triumph of Human Empire
Hardcover. In the early 1600s, in a haunting tale titled New Atlantis, Sir Francis Bacon imagined the discovery of an uncharted island, home to the descendants of the lost realm of Atlantis. The author uses Bacon's island as a jumping-off point to explore the overarching historical event of our time: the rise and triumph of human empire. Num Pages: 416 pages, 4 colour plates, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 740.
In the early 1600s, in a haunting tale titled New Atlantis, Sir Francis Bacon imagined the discovery of an uncharted island, home to the descendants of the lost realm of Atlantis, who had organized themselves to seek "the knowledge of Causes, and secret motions of things; and the enlarging of the bounds of Human Empire, to the effecting of all things possible." Bacon's make-believe island was not an empire in the usual sense, marked by territorial control; instead, it was the center of a vast general expansion of human knowledge and power. Rosalind Williams uses Bacon's island as a jumping-off ... Read more
In the early 1600s, in a haunting tale titled New Atlantis, Sir Francis Bacon imagined the discovery of an uncharted island, home to the descendants of the lost realm of Atlantis, who had organized themselves to seek "the knowledge of Causes, and secret motions of things; and the enlarging of the bounds of Human Empire, to the effecting of all things possible." Bacon's make-believe island was not an empire in the usual sense, marked by territorial control; instead, it was the center of a vast general expansion of human knowledge and power. Rosalind Williams uses Bacon's island as a jumping-off ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226899558
SKU
V9780226899558
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About Rosalind Williams
Rosalind Williams is the Bern Dibner Professor of the History of Science and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is past president of the Society for the History of Technology and the author of several books, most recently, Retooling: A Historian Confronts Technological Change.
Reviews for The Triumph of Human Empire
"Engaging, highly informative, and entertaining. Rosalind Williams follows the advice of the authors she discusses-of finding the right balance between factual detail, narrative drive, and human interest-yet presents a strikingly original and timely synthesis of literary history, history of technology, and environmental history." -John Tresch, University of Pennsylvania"