The axemaker's gift
Subtitle: technology's capture and control of our minds and culture
By: James Burke, Robert Ornstein ; illustrations by Ted Dewan
Contributors: Ornstein, Robert E. (Robert Evan), 1942-
Edition: 1st trade pbk. ed.
Publisher: Putnam
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780874778564
Subjects: Social aspects; Culture; Technology and civilization; Technology; History
Description: "At the close of this century of creativity and discovery, humanists and scientists alike wonder: How could human beings in all their brilliance - those "axemakers" with the genius to invent, lead, inspire, heal, design - have brought the world to the brink of destruction?" "The answers can be found in The Axemaker's Gift, an imaginative and brilliantly informed double-edged history of human culture. James Burke, a leading expert on the interaction of technology and society, and Robert Ornstein, a pioneer in charting the evolution of consciousness, show how the interaction between innovation and the brain has continually reshaped the world and, more important, the way we think."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "A Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-337) and index.