If you have a tendency to wonder about the things that make up our technological
surroundings, as I do, then you have probably had the experience of imagining, or …

It is to the credit of American engineering educators that they have been constantly
concerned with the social value of their graduates since the time that engineering curricula …

TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 239 about the nature of invention, especially
in the earlier parts of his his tory, when the automobile is only a potentiality. For philosophy …

In the beginning of his important book, The Evolution of Technology, George Basalla notes
that the diversity of nat? ural things has intrigued people for centuries. Biologists, he …

No person who has followed the trends in historical writing can fail to be impressed by the
revolution that has taken place in the last quarter century in the treatment and acceptance of …

Engineering design is a purposeful activity directed toward the goal of fulfilling human
needs, particularly those which can be met by the technological factors of our culture. The …

It has been traditional to define technology in terms of its physical embodiments, as novel
physical objects created by man to fulfill certain human purposes. In my opinion, this is too …

" As familiar and widely appreciated works of modern technology, bridges are a good place
to study the relationship between the aesthetic and the technical. Fully engaged technical …

To the Editor: Robert P. Multhauf has written a useful paper tnTechnology and Cul ture
which points the way toward certain basic questions which can be posed about the history of …

From the Publisher: When something works well, you can feel it; there is a sense of rightness
to it. We call that rightness beauty, and it ought to be the single most important component of …