The vital machine : a study of technology and organic life
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書誌事項
The vital machine : a study of technology and organic life
Oxford University Press, 1991
- : alk. paper
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Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
This historical survey of Western ideas about science and technology examines the origins and evolution of mechanical and organic world views. The author describes how the theories of cell development and quantum mechanics led to a biomechanical model of the world as a vital machine.
目次
- The mechanical and the organic
- The mechanical world view: The clockwork universe
- Mechanical organisms: From automata to clockwork humans
- The organic world view: from magic to vitalism
- Organic machines: technology as plant
- The emergence of the bionic world view
- The vital machine
- Ethics in the age of the vital machine.
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