Principles of Polymer Science Book

An expansive collection of excerpted essays and quotations (from the U.S. and Western Europe) about the roles and impacts of technologies as varied as the car, airplane, computer and birth control. With commentors ranging from Henry Ford to Rachel Carson and beyond, one gets a real sense of the patterns of thought around technology, and the tendencies to either romanticize or demonize every new change. While thought provoking and frequently funny, there is something sobering in tracing the idea that any new technology might be what brings lasting peace to the world, whether it was the airplane in the early 20-Century, or the Internet.