Our own devices
Subtitle: the past and future of body technology
By: Edward Tenner.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
Subjects: Technology -- Social aspects; Technological innovations -- Social aspects; Human body -- Social aspects; Human body (Philosophy)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [302]-304) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:  Preface ix; title: Chapter One: Technology, Technique, and the Body 3; title: Chapter Two: The First Technology: Bottle-Feeding 30; title: Chapter Three: Slow Motion: Zori 51; title: Chapter Four: Double Time: Athletic Shoes 75; title: Chapter Five: Sitting Up Straight: Posture Chairs 104; title: Chapter Six: Laid Back: Reclining Chairs 134; title: Chapter Seven: Mechanical Arts: Musical Keyboards 161; title: Chapter Eight: Letter Perfect?: Text Keyboards 187; title: Chapter Nine: Second Sight: Eyeglasses 213; title: Chapter Ten: Hardheaded Logic: Helmets 238; title: Epilogue: Thumbs Up 263; title: Notes 269; title: Suggestionsfor Further Reading 302; title: Index 305.