The vital machine : a study of technology and organic life

書誌事項

The vital machine : a study of technology and organic life

by David F. Channell

Oxford University Press, 1991

  • : alk. paper

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注記

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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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA1285942X
  • ISBN
    • 0195060407
  • LCCN
    90020273
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    New York
  • ページ数/冊数
    xi, 192 p., [8] p. of plates
  • 大きさ
    25 cm
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