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  • Formaat: Hardback, 225 pages, kõrgus x laius: 240x170 mm, kaal: 740 g, 60 Illustrations
  • Sari: Essay Series
  • Ilmumisaeg: 21-Jul-2022
  • Kirjastus: Stolpe Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 9189425898
  • ISBN-13: 9789189425897
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  • Formaat: Hardback, 225 pages, kõrgus x laius: 240x170 mm, kaal: 740 g, 60 Illustrations
  • Sari: Essay Series
  • Ilmumisaeg: 21-Jul-2022
  • Kirjastus: Stolpe Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 9189425898
  • ISBN-13: 9789189425897
Technology shadows us from the moment we are born to the moment we die. Our story cannot be told without telling the story of technology, without understanding both how we mould it to our ever-changing purposes, and how, in turn, technology shapes our deepest needs and desires. In this anthology of essays, world-leading historians, academics and writers trace technologys influence on industry and the economy, warfare and espionage, culture and communication, and ponder what the future holds in the continuously evolving relationship between man and technology.

Contributing writers: Bruce Anderson, Clive Aslet, David J Betz, Ananyo Bhattacharya, Elisabeth Braw, Jimena Canales, Armand DAngour, John Darlington, Maria Golia, Samuel Gregg, Katja Hoyer, Tim Jenkins, Andrew Keen, Alexander Lee, Richard J. Aldrich & Christopher Moran, Daniel T. Potts, Suzanne Raine, Joshua Rovner, Brendan Simms, Constance Simms, Nick Spencer, Hew Strachan, Helen Thompson, Sharon Weinberger and Andrew Wilton.

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A collection of essays reflecting on technology in its historical and contemporary contexts, and how it has revolutionized human life.
Introduction 9(4)
Kurt Almqvist
How Arcadia was won and lost and found again
13(8)
Clive Aslet
On guard: the contemporary salience of military fortification
21(10)
David J. Betz
Playing with demons: how thought experiments guide scientific innovation
31(8)
Jimena Canales
The world that saltpetre built
39(8)
John Darlington
Nature through the eyes of two Victorians: a birdwatcher and his big-game-hunting brother
47(16)
Maria Golia
Humanism matters in the age of AI
63(8)
Nick Spencer
The endless frontier
71(8)
Sharon Weinberger
The art and science of intelligence in war
79(8)
Hew Strachan
The war against printing
87(8)
Alexander Lee
It came from outer space
95(8)
Tim Jenkins
Technology transfer across the ages
103(8)
Daniel T. Potts
Ancient creations: from the Antikythera mechanism to Western music
111(8)
Armand D'Angour
How the Information Age really began
119(10)
Ananyo Bhattacharya
The eighteenth-century technological awakening of artist adventurers
129(16)
Andrew Wilton
The geopolitical fight to come over green energy
145(10)
Helen Thompson
The economy and the paradox of technology
155
Samuel Gregg
Rewiring the world
137(26)
Brendan Simms
Constance Simms
Algorithms vs humanity
163(8)
Andrew Keen
For the love of wine
171(8)
Bruce Anderson
Who's watching you and why?
179(8)
Elisabeth Braw
Spies as agents of peace
187(10)
Joshua Rovner
The Germans and their cars: history of a love affair
197(8)
Katja Hoyer
Bond or Blofeld: war, espionage and secrecy in the twenty-first century
205(8)
Richard J. Aldrich
Christopher Moran
Keeping it simple: how technology shapes the terror threat
213(8)
Suzanne Raine
Contributors 221(8)
Image rights 229
Alastair Benn is a writer and deputy editor at Engelsberg Ideas. Kurt Almqvist is President of the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit. Mattias Hessérus is a historian and Director of Civilisation Studies at the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation. Elisabeth Braw is a Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where she focuses on defence and deterrence against Grey Zone threats. She is also a columnist with Foreign Policy, where she writes on national security and the globalised economy. Before joining AEI, Elisabeth was a Senior Research Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, whose Modern Deterrence project she led. Prior to that, she worked at Control Risks, a global risk consultancy. Elisabeth is also a member of the steering committee of the Aurora Forum (the UKNordicBaltic leader conference), a member of the UK National Preparedness Commission and an Associate Fellow at the European Leadership Network. Elisabeth started her career as a journalist, reporting for Newsweek, the Christian Science Monitor and the international Metro group of newspapers, among others. She regularly writes op-eds, including for the Financial Times, Politico, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (writing in German) and the Wall Street Journal. She is also the author of Gods Spies: The Stasis Cold War Espionage Campaign Inside the Church, about the Stasi. Armand D'angour is a Professor of Classics at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford. He is the author of numerous articles and chapters on the literature and culture of ancient Greece and (as a former professional cellist) has conducted innovative research into reconstructing early Greek music. His books include The Greeks and the New: Novelty in Ancient Greek Imagination and Experience. His latest book How to Innovate: An Ancient Guide to Creative Thinking was published in 2021. Katja Hoyer is a German-British historian and journalist. She is a Visiting Research Fellow at Kings College London and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Katja writes for the Washington Post, The Spectator, Die Welt and other newspapers on current political affairs in Germany and Europe. She is the author of the bestselling Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire, 18711918. Sir Hew Strachan, FBA, FRSE, has been Wardlaw Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews since 2015. He is a Life Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he was successively a Research Fellow and Fellow from 1975 to 1992, and an Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. His recent publications include The First World War: To Arms, The First World War: A New Illustrated History (based on his ten-part series for Channel 4) and The Direction of War: Contemporary Strategy in Historical Perspective. Helen Thompson is Professor of Political Economy at the University of Cambridge. She contributes a fortnightly column to the New Statesman.