The Labyrinth of Technology by Willem H. Vanderburg PAPERBACK 9780802083852

The Labyrinth of Technology\nby Willem H. Vanderburg\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Willem H. Vanderburg\nTitle: The Labyrinth of Technology\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Impact of science and technology on society\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press\nPublication year: 2000\nISBN-13: 9780802083852\nISBN-10: 0802083854\nRRP: \u00A333.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nWhy does modern technology succeed so brilliantly in some respects and simultaneously fail in others? While he was completing a doctoral thesis in mechanical engineering in the late 60s and early 70s, Willem Vanderburg became convinced that the environmental crisis and the possible limits to growth would require a fundamental change in the engineering, management and regulation of technology.\nIn thi.