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W.Brian Arthur Nature of Technology (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- Nature of Technology : What It Is and How It Evolves
- Publication Name
- Nature of Technology
- Title
- Nature of Technology
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- EAN
- 9781416544067
- ISBN
- 9781416544067
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Science, Business & Economics
- Topic
- Industries / Computers & Information Technology, Social Aspects, General
- Release Date
- 11/01/2011
- Release Year
- 2011
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Length
- 8.4in
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 9.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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"More than anything else technology creates our world. It creates our wealth, our economy, our very way of being," says W. Brian Arthur. Yet despite technology's irrefutable importance in our daily lives, until now its major questions have gone unanswered. Where do new technologies come from? What constitutes innovation, and how is it achieved? Does technology, like biological life, evolve? In this groundbreaking work, pioneering technology thinker and economist W. Brian Arthur answers these questions and more, setting forth a boldly original way of thinking about technology. The Nature of Technology is an elegant and powerful theory of technology's origins and evolution. Achieving for the development of technology what Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions did for scientific progress, Arthur explains how transformative new technologies arise and how innovation really works. Drawing on a wealth of examples, from historical inventions to the high-tech wonders of today, Arthur takes us on a mind-opening journey that will change the way we think about technology and how it structures our lives. The Nature of Technology is a classic for our times.
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Free Press
ISBN-10
1416544062
ISBN-13
9781416544067
eBay Product ID (ePID)
84504755
Product Key Features
Book Title
Nature of Technology : What It Is and How It Evolves
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Industries / Computers & Information Technology, Social Aspects, General
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Science, Business & Economics
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.4in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
9.6 Oz
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"...reframes the relationship between science and technology as part of an effort to come up with a comprehensive theory of innovation... Dr. Arthur is bold in his reassessment of the role of technology in science." -- The New York Times, "…reframes the relationship between science and technology as part of an effort to come up with a comprehensive theory of innovation… Dr. Arthur is bold in his reassessment of the role of technology in science." -The New York Times, “&reframes the relationship between science and technology as part of an effort to come up with a comprehensive theory of innovation& Dr. Arthur is bold in his reassessment of the role of technology in science.� The New York Times, "...enlightening and stimulating, enhanced by a remarkable diversity of historical examples...The book invites comparison to work by Thomas Kuhn...Economists, social scientists, engineers and scientists all may come to regard it as a landmark." -- Science, "...enlightening and stimulating, enhanced by a remarkable diversity of historical examples...The book invites comparison to work by Thomas Kuhn...Economists, social scientists, engineers and scientists all may come to regard it as a landmark." - Science, "...reframes the relationship between science and technology as part of an effort to come up with a comprehensive theory of innovation... Dr. Arthur is bold in his reassessment of the role of technology in science." - The New York Times, "Provocative and engaging...Arthur's theory captures many well-known features of technological change [and] also answers interesting questions."-- Nature, "The Nature of Technologyis the most important book on technology and the economy since Schumpeter. In clear, lucid prose and with fascinating examples, Arthur describes how technology 'creates itself' in an evolutionary process that has taken our world from stone tools to iPods. A work of deep and lasting importance that deserves to be widely read -- you will not think about technology the same way again." -- Eric D. Beinhocker, author ofThe Origin of Wealth, “Provocative and engaging...Arthur’s theory captures many well-known features of technological change [and] also answers interesting questions.� Nature, "Hundreds of millions of dollars slosh around Silicon Valley every day based on Brian Arthur's ideas." -- John Seeley Brown, former director of PARC, "The refreshing clarity that Brian Arthur brings to the most overwhelming force in the universe will benefit anyone trying to tame technology -- critics, eager boosters, and the perplexed alike." -- Kevin Kelly, author ofNew Rules for the New Economy, "...enlightening and stimulating, enhanced by a remarkable diversity of historical examples...The book invites comparison to work by Thomas Kuhn...Economists, social scientists, engineers and scientists all may come to regard it as a landmark." -- Science , "…enlightening and stimulating, enhanced by a remarkable diversity of historical examples…The book invites comparison to work by Thomas Kuhn…Economists, social scientists, engineers and scientists all may come to regard it as a landmark." - Science, "…enlightening and stimulating, enhanced by a remarkable diversity of historical examples…The book invites comparison to work by Thomas Kuhn…Economists, social scientists, engineers and scientists all may come to regard it as a landmark." -Science, eoeereframes the relationship between science and technology as part of an effort to come up with a comprehensive theory of innovatione Dr. Arthur is bold in his reassessment of the role of technology in science.e e" The New York Times, eoeProvocative and engaging...Arthure(tm)s theory captures many well-known features of technological change [and] also answers interesting questions.ee" Nature, “&enlightening and stimulating, enhanced by a remarkable diversity of historical examples&The book invites comparison to work by Thomas Kuhn&Economists, social scientists, engineers and scientists all may come to regard it as a landmark.� Science, "Brian Arthur's brilliantly original analysis of how technology develops and evolves reminds me of Euclid's Geometry -- it's clear, simple and seemingly self-evident now that a master has spent years working it out.The Nature of Technologyis a seminal work, thrilling to read and rich in implications for business as well as engineering and the social sciences." -- Richard Rhodes, Winner of a Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction forThe Making of the Atomic Bomb, "…reframes the relationship between science and technology as part of an effort to come up with a comprehensive theory of innovation… Dr. Arthur is bold in his reassessment of the role of technology in science." - The New York Times, "Provocative and engaging...Arthur's theory captures many well-known features of technological change [and] also answers interesting questions."-Nature, "Provocative and engaging...Arthur's theory captures many well-known features of technological change [and] also answers interesting questions."- Nature, eoeeenlightening and stimulating, enhanced by a remarkable diversity of historical exampleseThe book invites comparison to work by Thomas KuhneEconomists, social scientists, engineers and scientists all may come to regard it as a landmark.e e" Science
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Dewey Edition
22
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