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We have long recognized technology as a driving force behind much historical and cultural change. Now, in Beyond Engineering, science writer Robert Pool turns the question around to examine how society shapes technology. Drawing on such disparate fields as history, economics, risk analysis,... read more

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First Sentence

It was New Year's Eve 1879, and the small community of Menlo Park, New Jersey, was overrun.

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  1. Robert Pool (Author)

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  1. business
  2. engineering 
 

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